Re: [tied] Interpreting some Scythian names

J. Harmatta says that the Old Iranian *Druva:spa- was preserved
in the river name recorded in Greek as Dyraspes. So could Greek
have the alternate form Traspies alongside Dyraspes?
-David

--- In cybalist@..., "Christopher Gwinn" <sonno3@...> wrote:
>
> Dumezil (Mythe et Epopee) compares Paralatae to the Avestan
Paradata (with a
> miscopying of Lamda with Delta) "place' (ou cre'e') en avant (ou en
> premier)" - which was the epithet of the personage Haosyanha.
>
> > CATIARI and TRASPIES (the "nomadic"
> > Scythians and descendants of the second son of the
> > SFL); and the AUCHATAE ("agricultural" Scythians and
> > descendants of the eldest son of the SCL).
>
> Once again, Dumezil compares Traspies to the Avestan theonym
Drvaspa "avant
> un richesse en chevaux, des troupes de chevaux bien portants".
Dumezil says
> he is unclear about the meaning of Cotieri and Aukhatai.
>
> - Chris Gwinn