Re: [tied] Poseidon

----- Original Message -----

From: Glen Gordon

To: cybalist@egroups.com

Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 8:57 PM

Subject: [tied] Poseidon

Attempt #3.445:

  Posedaone...
  *Potei Daxo:m "O Master of the Waters"

  (nb. **daxo:m "of the waters" < **daxos "water, river, etc")


- a brand new thought from gLeNny gEe

 

Glen,

 

As I wrote a few days ago, discussing Poseidon, "A root like *dax- would be a godsend, since there would be more than one way of deriving *da:o:n from it, but where is it attested and what does it mean?" (BTW, an athematic noun would fit the bill slightly better). The questions remain. We can't very well propose a new IE lexeme ONLY in order to make sense of one obscure name in Greek. As for the meaning, *wodr/*wedo:r is 'water' in general, *xap- is 'river, flowing water', *sreu-m(e)n- etc. is 'stream, current', but what is *dax-?

 

Piotr