Re: [tied] Daci

On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 10:17:21 -0000, tgpedersen@... wrote:

>--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> It's hazardous in the extreme to speculate about the etymology of an
>ethnonym if the corresponding language is almost unknown, but let me
>just point out that a derivation from *dHe1- is also possible.
>> Piotr
>
>*deH2- I surmise?
>Ah! My favorite root!

No, *dHeh1- (in Dac. > *da:-). PIE *d(H)eh2- would have given Dacian
*do:-.