Re: Formation or etymology of Aineias/Aeneas?

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

> I suppose aine is just a 1st declension feminine version of 2nd declension ainos which, for
> whatever reason, was used to form a 1st declension masculine name *Aineas, though I
> don't understand why this wasn't simply *Ainas instead (doubtless betraying my lack of
> knowledge about Greek and PIE there!). This than became *Ainaas (again, for reasons as
> yet mysterious to me), recast in Ionic as Aineias.

Oh, I got that backwards, didn't I? It should be ainê is used to form Ainaâs > Aineâs > Ionic
Aineiâs. Though in any case I still dont't understand why Ainaâs instead of Ainâs (as the
latter looks more like a straight "masculinization" of feminine ainê to my inexpert eyes).

Any thoughts? Anyone know what Meister actually says about this?

Cheers,
Carl