tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post6234148634100767117..comments2023-09-24T05:45:23.811-05:00Comments on Paleoglot: Death and daffodilsGlen Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-27345419764184924972010-04-05T16:46:47.966-05:002010-04-05T16:46:47.966-05:00I guess then there isn't much more to say on t...I guess then there isn't much more to say on this other than <i>if</i> ἄψινθος is original Minoan, I'd expect a form like <b>*ápVsinta</b> (V = intervening vowel) because I deem a sequence <i>-ps-</i> unlikely in Minoan. Similarly if ἀσφόδελος is Minoan, I'd expect <b>*ásVputila</b> or <b>*ásVputida</b>.Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-88303803247576338022010-04-04T02:34:08.050-05:002010-04-04T02:34:08.050-05:00I'm extremely skeptical of a connection betwee...I'm extremely skeptical of a connection between <i>ἄψινθος</i> and <i>aspand</i>. <i>Aspand</i> is from the Proto-Iranian <i>*svanta</i> (PIE <i>*swentos</i>) via a transparent series of sound changes (and a transparent borrowing from Median, which happened constantly in Old Persian). The Old Iranian form would be <i>*spanta</i>, with no initial <i>a-</i> (which appeared during the Sergei Andropovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15264025738916361584noreply@blogger.com