On Thu, 08 Mar 2001 11:57:44 -0000,
a96_aeu@... wrote:
>Dear Miguel !
>Do you mean "lord of the tribe" in the meaning of the phrase which is
>still being used today "i pari i fisit" where:
><fis> = <tribe, all relatives>
><i pari> = <the first, the head, the leader, the oldest, the most
>mature>
>?
PIE *<w(o)ik^-potis> (Lith. <vies^pat(i)s>, Alb. <zot>, Av.
<vi:spaitis^>, Skt. <vis'pati->) was a title somewhat higher than
*<dems-potis> "master of the house" (Grk. <despote:s>, Skt.
<dampati->). The *<woik^os> (> Grk. <oikos> "house", Latin <vi:cus>
"village", etc.) was probably once a name for the "extended family", a
group larger than can fit into one house, but with most members
usually living together in a "village". If a "tribe" is an even
larger unit (it may not have been originally), then "master of the
tribe" would be a higher title (Avestan <zantupaiti->, where <zantu->
is cognate with Latin <gens>, <gentis>).
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...