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.

No. Beside the tanbur-e se ta:r, or "three-stringed pandore",
we have also the dota:r, c^a:rta:r, panc^ta:r, and s^as^ta:r,
with originally two, four, five, and six strings respectively.

There's no connection between 'sitar' and 'kithara'.

David