Re: Res: [tied] The -SG- in Greek (PELASGOS)

On 2008-11-13 23:12, Joao S. Lopes wrote:

> We have the goddess Pallas (gen. Pallados), and the giant and titan
> Pallas (gen. Pallantos). Maybe these names were related to Pelasgos (and
> similar ones: Pelops, Peleus, Pelias; but it can be just coincidental).
> Pallas seems a Pre-Greek name analogous to Hellas (gen. Hellados). I'm
> not saying that both are related, but that they can belong to the same
> Pre-Greek substratal language.

The Gk. suffix -ád- seems to have originated as a secondarily accented
allomorph of *-n.t- (Olsen 1989), so <pallás>/<palládos> can be treated
as closely related to <pálla:s>/<pállantos> ('young man' in its
appellative function), and further to <pallakís, pallaké:> 'concubine'
and <pállaks> 'boy/girl'. It would seem that the early meaning of
<pallád-> was just 'girl', and the 'brandisher' interpretation is
folk-etymological.

Piotr