From: megalith6
Message: 66570
Date: 2010-09-11
>Many thanks. I don't really mind complicating matters if it ultimately leads somewhere. The identification of the single loan word for IE *deyw-/*dhew- from another language would be a great step forward and would hopefully put an end to this male gender domination of the concept 'light' [luminosity] which I find unsupported in ancient linguistics or mythology.
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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "megalith6" <megalith6@> wrote:
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> > "THEIA was the Titan goddess of sight (thea) and shining light of
> > the clear blue sky (aithre)"
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> > http://www.theoi.com/Titan/TitanisTheia.html
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> You do realize that you are just complicating the matter?
> The standard example of what not to do in linguistics given to aspiring linguists is the attempt to connect the *deyw- of Latin deus with the *dhew- of Greek theos. Your pointing out that the latter as well as the former besides the sense "god" also has the sense "day(light)" increases the evidence for both words being a single loan from some other language family.
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> Torsten
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