Re: Khaos and Eros

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Abdullah Konushevci"
<akonushevci@...> wrote:

> Watkins derives Greek <ero:s> from *H1erH2- 'to separate, adjoin'
> as well as verb <erasthai> 'to love' with other derivative
> erasmios 'lovely, pleasant', that have yielded Latin Erasmus. As
> cognate he takes Old Hittite arhaš 'border', Old Irish or 'border'
> and Lithuanian irti 'to be dissolved' (separated): Latin
> rarus 'having interval between' (AHD, 2. erH -24).

the cognates seem not so convincing to me.

>
> chaos is derived from *g'he:u- 'to yawn, gape' from variant form
> *g'hau- > khaos 'empty space, chasm'. As cognate he give Old
> English *go:ma 'jaw, palate'. Compare also *g'ha:i-.
>
> Konushevci

I see here as cognate Rum. "hãu"= chasm; abyss
if they are cognates, then we have the proof the initial "g'" was
lost not only in Latin....

Alex