Re: [tied] Artemis and the Bear (long)

From: João Simões Lopes Filho
Message: 4404
Date: 2000-10-17

cluster -tk'- in *rtk'os paralells -dhg'h- in *dhg'hom- "earth" (khthon, humus, zemlja, etc)
 
Joao SL
Rio
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From: Piotr Gasiorowski
To: cybalist@egroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Artemis and the Bear (long)

What about an early cluster simplification like *arkto- > *arxto- > *arto-? And what do you make of Celtiberian arsias 'she-bears [Acc.]'?
 
Piotr
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Artemis and the Bear (long)

>Welsh Arth (<*Arctos)
 
Welsh Arth comes from Brittonic Artos, not Arctos. This word is matched by Gaulish Artos.
 
-C. Gwinn