Re: Greek kitharis

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@...> wrote:

> I'd suggest PIE *kantlom 'musical instrument [stringed]' >

*ky~tHry~

> > *kytHary in an Indo-Iranian language with features like an > y

(in

> some Nuristani) tr > tHr (Khowar, etc.), and V-insertion (id., many
> others); from there borrowed widely.

My point is: If there exists an IE root underlying both Greek
kitharis/kithara and Persian seta:r/sehta:r, the etymology for the
latter term proposed by almost ALL dictionaries and musicological
works I have consulted ('three-stringed', from Pers. se:/seh 'three'
+ ta:r 'string') should be considered a folk one. Is this likely?

Regards,
Francesco