Re: [tied] [w]anax

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

From: Mark Odegard

To: cybalist@egroups.com

Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 7:42 PM

Subject: Re: [tied] [w]anax

 

And what form is that?? I don't own a copy of the EIEC, but I know a little about Tocharian and this nâtäk thing just doesn't seem to make any sense. Does Adams give any details or explain the correspondences?

 

Piotr

 

 

---

 

 

Douglas Q. Adams, in the Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture (EIEC) says it shows up in Tocharian A as natak (macron over 1st a, umlaut over 2nd a).

 

Showing up in both Greek and Tocharian is strong evidence for PIE status; Adams suggests it may be a late dialectal term.

 

Mark.