Re: [tied] Daimo:n 'Divider' <-> Bog 'Divider' too?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Carl Edlund Anderson <cea@...>
wrote:

>
> On 15/01/2007 20:29, alexandru_mg3 wrote:
> > Grk. daimo:n 'godlike power' with an original meaning 'divider'

and

> > derived it from the Gk. daiomai 'to divide' < PIE *deh2-(i)-
>
> What's the -mon suffix in dai-mon? Where else does it crop up?
>
> Cheers,
> Carl
>
> --
> Carl Edlund Anderson
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-mon is ablauted variant of -men with zero-grade form *mn.-. It is a
suffix that forms nouns and adjectives, as in *krei-men 'a judging',
cf. Lat crimen, -minis, discri-men, -minis. It is also attested in
Illyrian personal name Ger-man and in place name Dush-man, river
name Bar-man.

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