>The only firm datum is the numeral <aika> "1" (Skt. e:ka- vs. Av. >aeva-). For all we know, it may have been a fourth branch of >Indo-Iranian, which happened to have *aika- for "1", just like >Indo-Aryan. You're rejecting evidence in favor of a hypothesis again. -------------------------------------------- Glen Gordon glengordon01 at hotmail.com