Re: [tied] Neptune, Poseidon, Danu, etc.

The Mycenean tablets show ending -da-o < *dahon
And how if the relation between -dahon and Sanskrit Dasya, Avestan Dahya
(cf. Az^i Dahaka) ?
Some kind of "god of foreign people"?, like Egyptian Seth?

----- Original Message -----
From: Lisa Jacqueline Emerson <eris@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Neptune, Poseidon, Danu, etc.


> --- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> >
> > (1) *-om is the normal PIE Gen.pl. ending,
> > (2) *potis is the Nom.sg. form,
>
> Is #2 also IE [or is it Greek]?
>
> > > Is that a regualar sound change from IE>L?
> >
> > Certainly not.
> >
> > > In Greek, is there any reason in particular why the "ne" would
> have been dropped?
> >
> > No reason at all.
> >
> > *poti- > posi- is regular in Greek (with -ti- surviving in the
> dialects).
>
> I figured as much on all accounts. Thanks for setting me straight.
>
> So why is it "u:n" and not "a:n", then? =) (Neptu:nus and not
> Nepta:nus?)
>
> > Archaic versions of Poseidon's name include uncontracted
> <poseidao:n>, <poteidawo:n>, <poti:dao:n> and the like.
>
> Interesting...
>
> > My own view, BTW, is that the "PIE word" in question, insofar as it
> is reconstructable at all, is *d(a)h2nu-s ('[big] river'?) with the
> adjectival derivative *dah2neu-jo-s. I'm rather sceptical of deriving
> too much from it.
>
> I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for your help, Piotr.
>
> - Eris
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