Re: Greek kitharis

At 12:35:30 AM on Sunday, December 28, 2008, stlatos wrote:

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

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

[...]

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

> It explains G kitharis, borrowed from an Indo-Iranian
> language.

If it has no other support, it's an arbitrary hypothesis
that explains nothing.

[...]

>>> 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.

> What are you saying "No" to?

Your notion that he should be complaining to Piotr, when in
fact it was specifically your mention of II that he was
addressing.

Brian