Re: [tied] Re: "Odin of Asgard"

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 11684
Date: 2001-12-06

An interesting observation. "Byrebistas" could perhaps be analysed as *wih1ro-wistos (*-wid-to-) 'famous among men' with the Thracian development of the initials. Ariovistus is a similarly formed Celtic name, in which <ario-> is either related to Indo-Iranian *arya- or represents an accidentally similar Celtic development (*prh3-jo- 'foremost'?).
 
Piotr
 
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From: tgpedersen
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 12:18 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: "Odin of Asgard"

How about comparing -bista with Ario-vistus? And what is an ario-
name doing there? Connection with *vis- "power"? (And of course I
wrote on a piece of paper *d-x-n- Decineus. Hm!)