From: stlatos
Message: 67645
Date: 2011-05-29
>Whatever Indo-Ir l. was the source, it showed voicing alt. k/g and n. > d. , as also seen in:
> Yes, they're both < PIE * d.Hen.wr. d.Hen.wn.+ 'curved/bent _ / curved/hollow/sloping part of body / bow / tree to make bows'
>
> Skt
> tad.a:ka-s 'tank/pool'
> tad.aga-s 'pond'
> tat.a:ka-m 'pool'
> tat.aka-m 'shore'
> tat.a-s\m 'slope/declivity/sloping part of body/shore'
> dhánu- \ dhanú:- (f) 'dry sandbank / sandy shore'
> dhanvana-s \ dhanvaga-s ' ~fruit tree'
> dhánvan- 'bow'
>
> Bur >> Khow
> t.s.Honz.òr 'stone bow'
>
>
> Note the alt. dH / tH / t- and -n / r / g-, among others, both w/in and between. Some of the Skt forms might have been borrowed from another Indo-Ir l.
>