Re: [tied] Another Scythian item

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 11924
Date: 2001-12-26

More likely, a slightly distorted version of *þri-aspya- 'derived from three horses' -- presumably a totemic name.
 
Piotr
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: george knysh
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 11:43 PM
Subject: [tied] Another Scythian item

Piotr,
you earlier said that you were tempted to find the "horse" word in the tribal name TRASPIES (Herodot.) I think you're right. So a question: would a metathesis be possible here: TRASPIES for TRI-ASP-ES? Meaning
"Three Horses" or "Third Horse"?

George