Re: [tied] Day and dies, deus and theos

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 5818
Date: 2001-01-28

Self-correction: Pre-Germanic *dHus-ik-ó- can't be right. With original stress on the suffix, Verner's Law would have changed *-s- to *-z- > *-r- (rhotacism), and the Modern English form would be someting like *derry (this is what happened in deer < OE de:or < *diuz-a-n < *dHeus-óm). Older forms of dizzy are OE dysig 'foolish', OHG tusig 'feeble'; I think the productive Germanic suffix *-ig- was attached to *dus- rather late, when Verner's Law no longer operated. This *dus- is present in Slavic *dUx-no~-ti 'breathe, exhale, inspire', *dUx-U 'breath', and with a new full grade in *duxU 'spirit, ghost', *dus^ja 'soul'.
 
Piotr
 
 
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From: Piotr Gasiorowski
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Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 1:12 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Day and dies, deus and theos

If so, theos would be derived from *dHwes-o-s and related to English deer and Germman Tier < *dHeus-o-m 'breathing, i.e. living thing; animal' and dizzy *dHus-ik-ó- 'breathing hard'. But it's a private idea on which I don't insist.