Re: [tied] Re: Greek Themis and Sanskrit cognates

On 2006-10-02 11:26, A. wrote:

> BUMP
>
> Anyone? Bueller?
> Anyone?
>
>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "A." <xthanex@...> wrote:
>> Rephrasing things for simplicity:
>>
>> It is my understanding that the Greek "Themis" (the goddess
> of 'right
>> order') and the Sanskrit "dhaman" (meaning 'decree'); stem from the
>> PIE root *dhe- (or dhê-), 'to put place'.
>>
>> Someone else informed me that "the Encyclopedia of Indo-European
>> Culture" gives the root of Themis as *dheH1-, which would lead to
>> *dhe:- (with the loss of the laryngeal) > *dhe:mis
>>
>> Interestingly, this person stated that dharma also derives from
> *dhe
>>> *dhe'mn.
>> However, I had thought that dharma derived from *dher- > suffixed
> to
>> *dher-mn > dharma (per the AHDIER)
>>
>>
>> Can anyone clarify whether Themis and Dharma do, or do not, share
> the
>> same PIE root?

If you want a short answer, they don't. Skt. dHarma(n)- is derived from
dHarati 'hold, support', which contains PIE *dHer-. The Gk. stem
tHemist- (with a short *e, which may come from *&1, but not *eh1!) and
its relation to *dHeh1- have been discussed here before, see in particular:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/45532
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/45553

The legal connotations of *dHeh1- are well visible in Germanic (cf.
English doom, deem).

Piotr