Re: [tied] Re: hades

From: João Simões Lopes Filho
Message: 20847
Date: 2003-04-07

The meaning "enemy" can be attempt of translating Satan.

Joao SL
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Subject: [tied] Re: hades


--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
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> From: "Sergejus Tarasovas" <S.Tarasovas@...>
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> > 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-.
>
> Piotr
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THe Finnish Devil 'Perkele'. Is his name borrowed from the
Baltic?





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