Re: Directionality of Sound changes

08-08-03 17:32, H.M. Hubey wrote:

>> (e.g. *d [and intervocalic *-t-] > l in Pashto,
>
> How about th>l, th>dh>d instead
>
>> *rj > l
>> in Ossetic,
>
> How about -rth->rsh> rj and rth>rl>l
>
> Obviously the principle(s) has/have repercussions on reconstruction.

Actually, the Pashto development was {PIr. -t-, -þ-, d} > ð > l, as in
the following (safely reconstructed) words:

(PIE *p&2ter- >) *pitar- > *piðar- > pla:r
(PIE *kWetwores >) *caþva:r- > *caða:r- > calor
(PIE *dek^m.(t) >) *dasa > las 'ten'

Piotr