Re: [tied] Bakkhos etymology

I think the Egyptian word you want is b3q (dotted k), 'moringa-oil'

It means supposedly 'moringa' rather than 'olive'; the 3 was a kind of /r/.

There is an IE cognate: *bher6 n)g^-,'shiny white'.

As for the cluster, I have found doubling of medial or final dorsals (velars) as an indication of earlier nasals:

so ba(n)kh(n)kh -> ba(n)kkh-, by the rule that eliminates one of two aspirated stops.

You might want to consider IE *bheng^h-, 'fat', for **beng^h-; there is confusion between *b and &bh in PIE.

Patrick

----- Original Message -----

From: Joao S. Lopes

To: Cybalist

Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 3:53 PM

Subject: [tied] Bakkhos etymology

I found an old note copied from some article I don't
remember, linking BAKKHOS to Berberian tabakat and
Egyptian b´k "olive", Latin baca "berry".

What would be the origin of such odd cluster -kkh- in
Greek? < *bakH-? *baks^-?

Joao SL

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