Re: Witzel and Sautsutras

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

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
> <richard.wordingham@> wrote:
> >
> > Where did the retroflex in English [t`ri:] <tree> come from?
> > (Actually, I tend to use the affricate /tS/ in such words rather
> > than a retroflex stop.)
>
> Most likely from Sanskrit Taru which means a tree.

Are you kidding? Sanskrit taru 'tree', a post-Vedic word by the way, has no initial retroflex! The t- here is dental.

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