bird.

[REGINA PUSTET]

> Da
> c^hetaH : OP gdhedaN 'hawk'. In both cases initial *kye- is apparently
> involved.

So the proto-form has a k. What a pity. I brought up chetaN 'hawk' because I thought it might be intriguingly close to roots such as tsi[?t] 'bird' in Iroquoian, which was mentioned earlier in the discussion. But then, I have never done reconstruction, so this might be just a wild guess.

Regina



			
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