Re: [tied] Religion

From: Christopher Gwinn
Message: 3631
Date: 2000-09-13

 

>I still don't understand. What's the reflex of *worsa-? And why is
>*-nos (passive?) attached to it? How does this make grammatical sense in IE?
Pokorny, IEW, pg 81
AU-
9. AU[E]-, AUED-, AUER- "flowing"
c) AUER- "water/rain/river"
4. UER-S "rain" (Greek ouron)
 
The "-N-OS" in *UER-S-AN-OS is perhaps the divine suffix.


-C. Gwinn