Sound Synthesis in Indo European Indo Iranian and Sanskrit

Author(s): Satya Swarup Mishra
Publisher: Ashutosh Prakashan Sansthan

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INDO-IRANIAN SOUND SYNTHESIS
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31. IIr s>š after ja/t/š//;
and II. z> after t/alt/7/8; e.g. IIr ašva-i + su > IIr ašva-išu (< IE ekwo-t-su) cp
Skt aśveșu, Av aspaēšu, cp also OP madai šuvā, cp
Gk hippoisi. IIr vak +syā(mi) > IIr vakšya(mi) ( IE weq"-syā),
cp Skt vaksyāmi Ay yaxšya. IIr ni+zd-a- > IIr ni-zd-a- (< Ie nizd-o--) cp
Skt nida32. IIr š (<IE f)>š before 11th and
IIr * (<IE ĝ) > before d/dh; e.g. IIr spaštta > IIr spaš-ta (< IE spek-to-), cp Skt
spas-ta-, Av spaš-ta-, Lat spectus. IIr už-dha ( užh+ta) >IIr uždha (< IE ugdho
<ugh tto-), cp Skt ūậha. IIr mrž +dhi > IIr mrž-dhi ( IE mpg-dhi), cp Skt
mrddhi (Impv < v mrj +dhi), cp gAv mərəždata ( Impv < v məražda+ta <IIr mrx-dha-ta <IE
mrî-dhe-to). 33. IE m+ dental stops/s >IIr ntdental stops/s; e.g. IE g"em-tu/8"om-tu > IIr jan-tu/gan-tu > Skt
jan-tu (aor impv 3 sg), gAv jantū. IE rem-tum (Inf) > IIr ran-tum, Skt ran-tum. TE yem-dhi (aor impv 2 pl) > IIr yan-dhi > Skt.
yan-dhi. IE dem-s>IIr dan-s> Skt dan, gAu dəng (>*dans),
Gk despótēs <*dens-potēs. 34, EI mtv > IIr ntov (?)
IE mtv Skt ntv. IIr also might have had ntv.. But Iranian evidence is uncertan. Brugmann prefers IIr ntv, where as Bartholomae perhaps prefers m tv as he