Re: [tied] Re: Names of a few Celtic Deities

Patrick:

> My statement about Nostratic was simply meant to
> convey that those who believe that PIE and Egyptian
> are ultimately related will be inclined to [...]
> look more closely at a "coincidence" of n-y-t
> associated with a divinity of
> war in both cultures.

I'm glad that you recognize that n-y-t is a
coincidence.

> Glen thinks that he can irritate me by incorrigibly
> calling my reconstructed language Proto-World
> [...] instead of _Proto-Language_, [...]

The difference being?

> Firstly, in the earliest culture for which we have
> written records, Utu, the sun-god, is firmly in
> charge of justice.

It would appear so. There could be a relationship
between the sun and rulership going back to the
neolithic, yes.

> I am not aware of sufficient information to enable
> us to make even an educated guess at what Tin's
> function may have been.

Phrases like "tinas cliniiaras" = "sons of Tin"
are related to the Dioscouri... the sons of
Zeus/Jupiter. The variant of his name, Tinia, without
doubt means "days" regardless of whether we think
that /tin/ fundamentally means "sun" or "sky"
because -ia is another collective suffix like -cHva.
This implies that he is in some ways "Father Time".
The more I think about it, the more Tin starts
sounding like Ra.


= gLeN




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