Joao, whose name is John em Portugues, states:
>No, unfortunately I'm not familiar with Mallory. Could you give me more
>details about *Tritos?
(Shock!) Well, Mallory does mention this divinity. I was just at the library
today but I was expending my energy towards crushing John's arguements for
an Anatolian entry for Pre-IE - those results will surface shortly :)
What Mallory says about him isn't very much, maybe a couple of paragraphs.
I'll check it tomorrow. Promise. Unless others have the source immediately
at hand?
>The cat. It's strange that IE doesn't have a word for "cat", although >wild
>cats are so common through Eurasia. Unless the word *luks- for >"lynx"
>means wild cat too...
I'm sure the word is out there somewhere, lurking about in the deep bush,
ready to pounce at any moment upon its unsuspecting linguist.
>I think the Thunderer God *Perauno-/*Tn@... brought by IE was reflected in
>Zeus or Poseidon, in different regions - different >syncretisms. (Could
>*perkw- the explanation of "Perseus" ?)
I'm confused about this name. Mallory mentions *Perkuno- if I remember. You
have *Perauno-... Hmmm. And what was he connected to... (Think, think...)
Oh, yes, Mallory mentioned a connection with a Norse god named "Fjorgynn" or
something? Ring a bell? Was it the mother of Thor? Do you know anything
about how he ties in with IE myth? How's he different from *Dye:us?
As for Perseus... dunno. Here's a blind suggestion to arouse ire amongst
those who know better:
IE *PerkWnos
Hellenic *Pertenos (*kW > *t)
*Perteos (loss of intervocalic *n)
Perseus (palatalized *t > s)
>Poseidon surely also have a "mark" of *A:pm Nepo:t, master of
> >subterraneous waters. (I can't find an etymology for his name: Bernal
> >mentioned *Pr-Sidon, but I'm not convinced. Mycenean tablets spell
>Po-se-da-o (*Poseidahon)
><*Poseidas/Poteidas? Poti-Dan "De's husband" is just a folk >etymology...
Yes, good ol' "Grandson of the Waters". But wait... erh... *Poti-Dan looks
more like *Poti-Da:nu which means "Master of the Waters". Now doesn't that
make more sense?
Who's De? (This isn't some Celtic thing is it?)
- gLeN
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