Re: PIE for rainbow?

From: Jim Rader
Message: 66466
Date: 2010-08-18

This interpretation of vaivorykštė is folk-etymological, for sure.  See the article on the word in Fraenkel, available on the Leiden Indo-European website.

 

Jim Rader

 


 

Word Vaivorykshte means rainbow in Lithuanian. This word is made from name Vaiva and word RYKSTE, meaning SCOURGE. The meaning of name Vaiva is unknown. Maybe that is the name of some indoeuropean goddess? I think that name can be Thracian.

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:

>
> Is there any PIE word for "rainbow" ? Any common mythological
trait for PIE
> religion? In Scandinavia, Bifro¨st was the bridge between Midgard and
Asgard; in
> India was the bow of
Indra; in Greece , Iris was the messenger of goddess Hera.
>
> JS Lopes
>