From: João Simões Lopes Filho
Message: 3152
Date: 2000-08-16
> Yes, good ol' "Grandson of the Waters". But wait... erh... *Poti-Dan looksMycenean tablets showed PO-SE-DA-O. So, *-danu doesn't fit. The end is -Daon
> more like *Poti-Da:nu which means "Master of the Waters". Now doesn't that
> make more sense?
----- Original Message -----
From: Glen Gordon <glengordon01@...>
To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Athena, Tritos and the painfully obvious origins of
IndoEuropean
>
> 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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