Re: [tied] Re: Parvati

Piotr:

>I wholly agree with Dennis. The formation of vRddhied adjectival
> >derivatives is entirely productive in Sanskrit.
>
>Just to clarify the structure of parvata- and similar words:
>
>Hittite peruna-/piruna- 'rock', perunant- 'rocky', and Pirwas 'the >Rock
>God' (no puns please) suggest the analysis *per-w(e)n-o-/-ont-, >*per-wo-,
>Indic parvata- < *per-wnt-o-. None of these forms matches >the 'fire' word
>with its complicated ablaut: *pax-wr ~ *pax-w(e)n- ~ >*px-[u]wo:r ~
>*px-ur-. Glen's "prefix" per- meaning 'fire' is an >illusion.

Isn't that assumptive, Piotr? How do we know whether the name isn't from a
neighbouring dialect? What about Sarasvati then? In a same book, I saw
Parvati meaning "She of the Mountain" and then Sarasvati meaning something
different, "Flowing Water". What's up? Using the same analogy as Sarasvati,
we would get Par-vati meaning "Fire Water". Speak to me.

- gLeN

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