Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/porcas

Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/porcas

ETY reconstructs the Proto-Indo-Iranian word differently. It also adds that the Erzya and Moksha words might be Finnic loans, and that the less likely theory is it being directly from PIE.

Strombones (talk)15:53, 19 June 2017

The PIE form is not disputed, as far as I can tell, there's a clear *o in the first syllable. In Proto-Indo-Iranian, *e and *o both become *a, so you get *párćas. If the Uralic terms all preserve the *o, then this would need to be explained in some way.

CodeCat17:25, 19 June 2017

To be clear, in the new transcription system, it would be Proto-Indo-Iranian *párĉas.

JohnC517:36, 19 June 2017

Hmm. I think I like the old system more. At least ḱ and ć both have the same diacritic.

CodeCat17:43, 19 June 2017

You should have raised the complaint before they were all moved then. See Wiktionary talk:About Proto-Indo-Iranian.

JohnC518:02, 19 June 2017