Re: [tied] Enyalios

From: alex
Message: 37079
Date: 2005-04-11

Joao S. Lopes wrote:
>> Is it known the etymology of ENYALIOS, one of the epithets of Greek
>> god Ares?
>> The Mycenean form was e-nu-wa-ri-jo (*Enuwaliyos)
>>
>> - Mycenean -u-wa- is ever <*u-wa- or can be also <*u-ha- ?
>> - Mycenean -i-jo- is ever <*i-yo- or can be also <*i-ho- ?
>>
>> The suffix in Enyalios is probably the same in Deukalion, Daidalos,
>> Thessalos/Phettalos, Mainalos, Kastalia, etc.
>>
>> Is this a reflex of PIE suffix *-lo-, or it has a non-IE origin
>> *-al- (akin to Latin -a:lis, regalis, moralis, perhaps)
>>
>> Joao SL
that remember me of the month ianuary which is supposed to derive from
Janus not from Ares. Why a month like the XI-th month ( the old
callender) should be called after Janus?

Alex




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