Re: [tied] Three Horses revisited

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 11932
Date: 2001-12-27

P.S. Another possibility -- in view of Sanskrit names and epithets like <sapta:s'va-> or <das'a:s'va-> -- is that *þri-aspya- is an adjectival derivative of the personal name *þri-aspa- '(having) Three Horses', referring to the real or mythical founder of a Scythian clan. I don't know which solution is more plausible historically -- that's up your street, George.
 
Piotr
 
 
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From: Piotr Gasiorowski
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Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Another Scythian item

More likely, a slightly distorted version of *þri-aspya- 'derived from three horses' -- presumably a totemic name.