Re: Hittite -anza(n)

At 10:05:51 AM on Saturday, October 4, 2008, stlatos wrote:

> In his paper at:

> www.unc.edu/~melchert/anzan.pdf

> Melchert attempts to explain Hittite words ending in
> -anzan- with nom. -anza(s) as derived from *-tyo-stems.

[...]

> The explanation of their origin further in the past should
> take into account the other H word with nom. -za but stem
> -n- : *gWanza *gWan- 'woman' from earlier *gWana *gWan-

It did, by explicitly rejecting a connection.

Brian