Re: The king *re:g^-s

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:

> 1)Are the only "survivors" of PIE *re:g^-s Latin re:x, Sanskrit

ra:j-an, Celtic ri:x, and perhaps Thracian Rhe:sos ?

In the sense, "king" (or "he who puts things right"), yes.

>
> 2) Why did this word disappear among the other PIE people?

I think it's a loan.
http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/Hrg.html

> 3) Is this reflect any idea about the pre-history of Celts, Italics

and Indians?

They lived on the coast at some time.

> 4) Is there any equivalent in another IE languages, another word

that was equivalent to *re:g^-s ? Gothic thiudans (*teuto-nos)?

>

According to Benveniste, the 'rex' was not a king, but someone who
performed religious functions having to do with redressing the balance
of the universe.


Torsten