[tied] Re: hades

From: tgpedersen
Message: 20835
Date: 2003-04-07

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sergejus Tarasovas" <S.Tarasovas@...>
>
> > Maz^iulis separates OPruss. <pyculs> (Acc. sg. <pekollin>,
<pycullien>, <pickullien>) 'hell' < *pikulas <- West Slavic
*pIkUlU 'id.' from the etymon behind OPruss. <Picullus>,
<Pecols> 'chthonian god', <picku:ls> (G. sg. <pjckulas>,
<pickullas>,<pickullis>, Acc. sg. <pi(c)kullan>) 'devil', Lith.
<pikùlas>, <pykùlas> 'devil', Latv. dial. <pikuls>, <pikals> <
*pikulas 'hostile being' and derives the latter (through *pik- 'to be
hostile' + *-ula- or *piku- 'hostile' + *-la-) from PIE *peik(^)- (~
*peig-) 'be hostile, hate'.
>
> If so, it's related to Eng. foe < OE fa:h < *faixaz < *poik(^)os
and possibly fey < OE fæ:ge < faigija- < *poik(^)-jó-.
>

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I wonder if Glen's granny might not even have said 'fan' (Da fanden)?
Falk & Torp:
Late ON fendinn
OSw fændin
Nothing to do with 'fiende' [enemy] although ON 'fjândinn' and
Eng 'fiend' are used of the Devil, but is imported from Low German or
Friesian.
Friesian 'fanjen', 'fannan', 'fännen' is probablt pres. partc. of a
verb meaning "tempt":
O Fri fandia
O Sax fandôn "tempt, haunt"
AS fandian "search for, tempt"
OHG fantôn "visit"
NHG fahnden "search for, investigate"
This verb is desiderative of 'find' (ie "seek to find")
A neologism
Nw fanken
Sw fanken
cf
Bavarian fankel "devil"

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Or is it a neologism?

Looks like the whole thing needs a tune-up. Problem is those words
are changed minimally (noa).

Torsten