Re: Greek kitharis

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

>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "david_russell_watson" <liberty@>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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'.
>
> I said nothing about a connection between the two; only about
> the origin of the Greek word.

You claimed a *ky~tHry~ for "an Indo-Iranian language". What
attested Indo-Iranian form do you suppose that explains then?

Moreover, mine was a post to a thread devoted to the question
of whether 'sitar' and 'kithara' are etymologiclly related or
not, with that last sentence being my answer to that question.

> Also, I never said k > s (or anything similar) before new y.
> The message in this thread that apparently sparked the recent
> question is below; complain to him if you disagree.

No, it was your mention of Indo-Iranian.

David