Re: Veneto-Luso-Messapic-Illyrian(was V-, B-)

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 61475
Date: 2008-11-08

--- On Sat, 11/8/08, Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@...> wrote:

> From: Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@...>
> Subject: [tied] Veneto-Luso-Messapic-Illyrian(was V-, B-)
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008, 11:58 AM
> This set of languages may represent the first offshoot of
> European IE expansion. I agree with the assumption that
> *h1ek^wos > Greek *epos > Epeios. Maybe hippos had a
> proto-form *yiqqos, akin to Tocharian *yakwe. Even supposed
> substratal names like Iapetos and Epimetheus could be linked
> to *epo- (just a guess).
>
> JS Lopes
>
Epimetheus substrate? I thought "after thought" was a mythic counterpart of Prometheus "fore thought"