Re: Order of Some Indo-Iranian Sound Changes

At 9:37:59 PM on Saturday, February 21, 2009, Andrew
Jarrette wrote:

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> Plausible and perhaps correct, but I still think my idea
> is an easier development, therefore easier to believe, and
> therefore more likely. Trouble is it goes against an idea
> that has been accepted dogma for something like a century.

The other trouble is that it's too limited. You suggested
/tt/ > /ts/ > /s:/. That covers Italic, Celtic, and
Germanic, and you'll have no trouble with Indic /tt/, but
how are you going to explain Iranian, Greek, and
Balto-Slavic /st/ and Anatolian /tst/? An initial
development to /tst/ explains all of them at once.

Brian