Sanskrit ā 'near' is Cognate with Latin ā 'from

There is nothing novel in equating Skt. ā and Lat. ā; the suggestion was made in 1883 independently by Froehde and Johannes Schmidt. Nine years later Von Planta noted that Oscan ā- in aamanaffed ‘mandavit’ strongly supports this view; for, while Lat. ā might result from abs before a voiced consonant and Umbrian aha-, ā - might come from ap - before t-, Oscan s remains before voiced consonants (fíísnu, posmom ) and in Oscan inherited p before t appears as f (scriftas)

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