Re: [tied] Etymology of Greek God Dionysus

From: Carl Hult
Message: 45436
Date: 2006-07-19

According to some historians and archaeologists the god known as
Dionysos is from Thrace originally. Since we know next to nothing about
the thracians it is only a theory so far.

Carl Hult

tisdagen den 18 juli 2006 kl 14.34 skrev Joao S. Lopes:

> So, what would be the meaning of Nysa <Nu:sa> ?
> Is it a Greek word? So, we must expect
> Nu:kya, Nu:tia, NuHutya (where H could be -s-, -y-, -w-)
> After a long vowel u:, we should expect a nu:kiya, so, this nu: <
> *(s)nu(:)Hu-.
> But...Mycenean nu-so- show no fusion of syllabes
> So, this -s-  could be from -ts-, so we'd have *(s)nu:tso-
>
> Joao SL
>
> amshuman_k <amshuman_k@...> escreveu:
>
> Hi Piotr, Dan & Joao,
> Thanks for your replies diwo.
>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> >
> > <Nû:sa> was the name of several hills sacred to <Dió(:)nu:sos> (and
> of
> > their mythical prototype)
>
> So, do you think the connection to suckling or nursing is dubious?
>
> Regards,
> Chari
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