Zoroastrian "heaven"
Language Log 2025-01-23
Summary:
[This is a guest post by Chris Button] I think I might finally have figured out heaven: tiān 天 LMC tʰian, EMC tʰɛn, OC xjəm xiān 祆 LMC xian, EMC xɛn, OC xəɲ ~ xjəm It's Pulleyblank's formulation (xj- > tʰ ; -jəm > -ɛn), but it also explains why x- is retained in 祆 because of it […]