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

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 7777
Date: 2001-07-03

 
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From: Lisa Jacqueline Emerson
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 12:55 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Neptune, Poseidon, Danu, etc.


> Is #2 [*potis 'lord, master'] also IE [or is it Greek]?
 
IE, no doubt about that. It has such cognates as Old Indian pati- and Lithuanian patis. The feminine counterpart was *potnih2- 'lady'.
 
Piotr