Re: [tied] Daci

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 9906
Date: 2001-10-01

Sorry, I mean North Iranian Da:ha- (Av. Da:Nha-, Skt. Da:sa-, etc.).


--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> *dah2- could underlie North Iranian DaNha- (Skt. Da:sa, Lat. Dahae,
> Gk. Daai); if I remember aright, Lubotsky analyses it as *daasa- <
> *dah2-n-so- (I forget why he needs such a complex interpretation).
> Ethnonyms with *dah2- would mean, roughly, "(our) people" -- a very
> common naming pattern.