Re: [tied] Koios and Phoibe: coincidence?

Yes, I know it's a coincidence. Other between Greek and Finnic is hippos &
hevone "horse". Does anyone know the Uralic etymology of these names?
I think Greek PHOIBOS and PHOIBE: is more properly closer to IE *G'HWEIGw-
"to shine, star, celestial body", cf. Slavic zhvezda and Lituanian
zhvaigzde.
KOIOS must be related to KASH-/KISH-/KUSH- the names of various Moon-gods in
Western Asia. (Koios < *Kohios <*Kosios)
Joao SL
Rio

----- Original Message -----
From: Glen Gordon <glengordon01@...>
To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 4:11 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Koios and Phoibe: coincidence?


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> Joao dreams a little dream:
> >Let's compare titan KOIOS and PHOIBE "moon" with Finnish KUU "moon" >and
> >PAIVA "sun". Coincidence? Does anybody know the Uralic etymology >of
these
> >names?
>
> Yes, Finnish /kuu/ and /päivä/ are definitely FinnoUgric terms spoken some
> time in the 4th or 3rd millenium BCE. They are reconstructed with the same
> form as Finnish, I believe (cf. Hungarian /hold/ "moon" is related to
> Finnish /kuu/ since FinnoUgric *k before back vowel becomes Hungarian
/h/).
>
> Let's not go overboard with frivolous connections unless you can further
> substantiate in some way why this particular set of words, or the
cornucopia
> you've already proposed previous, should be connected.
>
> - gLeN
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