Re: [tied] Zupanija and Slavic-Aryan connections

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From: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...>
To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Zupanija and Slavic-Aryan connections



I wrote, a little too hastily:

> Old Indic sabha: 'house of public meetings (+ secondary
> meanings)' is not connected with any of the above. I'm not
> sure how to etymologise it, but since it was used with
> reference to assemblies, social gatherings, etc., sa- must
> be the 'together' prefix. We'd need an Indologist to
> explain -bha: in this context (< *sm-bHw-a: 'being
> together'??).

The zero grade *sm- actually means 'one, once, the same' in
Indic, rather than 'together', which would be *som- > Indic
saM- (as in saM-bhava-, the actual word for 'being
together'). I still don't know how to analyse sabha:. Any
ideas?

Piotr