Re: [tied] Neptune, Poseidon, Danu, etc.

--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> (1) *-om is the normal PIE Gen.pl. ending,
> (2) *potis is the Nom.sg. form,

Is #2 also IE [or is it Greek]?

> > Is that a regualar sound change from IE>L?
>
> Certainly not.
>
> > In Greek, is there any reason in particular why the "ne" would

have been dropped?

>
> No reason at all.
>
> *poti- > posi- is regular in Greek (with -ti- surviving in the

dialects).

I figured as much on all accounts. Thanks for setting me straight.

So why is it "u:n" and not "a:n", then? =) (Neptu:nus and not
Nepta:nus?)

> Archaic versions of Poseidon's name include uncontracted

<poseidao:n>, <poteidawo:n>, <poti:dao:n> and the like.

Interesting...

> My own view, BTW, is that the "PIE word" in question, insofar as it

is reconstructable at all, is *d(a)h2nu-s ('[big] river'?) with the
adjectival derivative *dah2neu-jo-s. I'm rather sceptical of deriving
too much from it.

I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for your help, Piotr.

- Eris