Jaan Puhvel explained Solar Russian God Daz^bog < Daz^dIbogU < *Da:dhi-bhagos "Give Fortune", comparing it to Vedic epiclesis da:ta vasu 'giver of goods',...
Is there any explanation for why varn.a (caste) has this retroflex R ? Why not varna? Joao SL ... Você quer respostas para suas perguntas? Ou você sabe muito...
Dear Abdullah ! Have you ever considered that Albanian <midhje> 'mussel' might be a Greek loan <> ? In your "Albanian inherited lexicon" you write: ...
... I have seen some good linguists on this group respond with with tact and patience to some very tedious questions. I have not seen anything of the kind...
We all know the phrase *tetk^on (weaver/maker) and *tek^- (to make). Well, I read thet the Germanic original form of Modern German "Dachs" is actually related...
Hi! Is there any PIE root that is by itself a thematic root aorist/punctual, in the same way as *bher- is durative? The best example I did find for now is from...
I'm going to summon my courage and ask why I seem to be left out of consideration in discussions on cybalist! I'm referring to the fact that no one has...
From Axel Schuessler What Are Cognates and What Are Variants in Chinese Word Families? http://tinyurl.com/p8mmx " Chinese word families It has long been...
Is there a plausible etymological link between the names of some Greek eponymous heroes, like ARKAS EREKTEUS ERIKHTHON ERGINOS ARGOS ORESTES ORESTHEUS ???? ...
What's the explanation for the source of Latin ficum and Greek sykon, "fig" ? sykon < *dHyu:kom ? > fiu:cum > fi:cum ? Is there any another word cognate of...
Note in Hill http://www.indogermanistik.lmu.de/VrddhiKonj.pdf on vr.ddhi derivations " wie uridg.*h3nóbh- ~ *h3n.bh-´ 'Nabel' -> uridg. *h3énbh-e/o-...
Witczak proposes (in 'The Pre-Germanic Substrata and Germanic Maritime Vocabulary) an IE Germanic substrate with these properties: PIE p t k > bh dh gh PIE b d...
What is the etymology of Themis (themist-) "Justice"? It seems superfcially similar to root *dhe:- "to put", but its structure is odd. It seems to me a...
What's the etymology of these two couples of Indo-Iranian goddesses? 1) Puramdhi: - Pa:rendi: 2) A:rmaiti - Aramati Joao SL ... Yahoo! Search Música para...
I'm looking for an informed opinion on Robert S.P. Beekes' suggestion that the IE thematic 3rd sg. present primary active ending (indicative) was *-e, and the...
For some reason it is possible to write lines so long in 'post' mode that they are wrapped to the next line when they appear on cybalist, which gives them a...
A question arising out of mere curiosity: Recognizing that IE had but a single fricative, /s/, I wonder whether there are any existing or former languages...
Is there an IE origin for "Divine" Rivers Rasa: (Sanskrit) and Ranha (Avestic)? The Proto-Aryan would be *Rasa: In IE? rosa- resa- rNsa- losa- lesa- lNsa- If...
The common Slavic word for "fish", "ryba" has no clear etymology, and is not related to other IE terms for "fish". But what with the other IE names? Did they...
The Proto-Germanic form of Old Norse áss, deduced by comparison to other Germanic languages, living and dead, is *ansuz. The plural of this Proto-Germanic...
Torsten, your hypotheses sound quite sensible for me but, as I believe, they need some less important remarks and corrections.
> In Estonian (probably also...
Hi list, I recognize the "Dio" portion of the word Dionysus. Is the second part "nysus" related to "nysa"? Does "nysa" have congates in other IE branches? Does...
I have read that in primitive IE, the verbs with "characterized presents", i.e. with n-infix, nu-affix, zero grade + -j-, sk-affix, etc. are formations built...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thracians Above is a link to a short summary of what we know about the thracians. It is here where the claim for Dionysus as a...
There's something I've always found very remarkable about Albanian: the fact that Indo-European *s in initial position before vowels evolved to the Albanian...
