Re: [tied] [w]anax

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 4005
Date: 2000-09-22

 
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From: Mark Odegard
To: cybalist@egroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] [w]anax

 
And what form is that?? I don't own a copy of the EIEC, but I know a little about Tocharian and this nâtäk thing just doesn't seem to make any sense. Does Adams give any details or explain the correspondences?
 
Piotr
 
 

 
 
Douglas Q. Adams, in the Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture (EIEC) says it shows up in Tocharian A as natak (macron over 1st a, umlaut over 2nd a).
 
Showing up in both Greek and Tocharian is strong evidence for PIE status; Adams suggests it may be a late dialectal term.
 
Mark.