Re: [tied] Scythian Cognates -- more speculation

Slavic *xor- ("Khor-") would straightforwardly reflect Iranian *xWar- 'sun'.

I'll try to see if a plausible connection can be established between "Lipo-" and 'thunder, lightning, hammer, mace", or whatever.

Piotr

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From: george knysh

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Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 7:15 PM

Subject: Re: [tied] Scythian Cognates -- more speculation

*****GK: Quite a bit. The association of "Serpent" with steppe peoples is well-established (cf. the "Zmijevi Valy" business and the bilinas about "Zmij"/"Zmej". But there is more. Consider the fact that the second brother in the Ulch Foundation legend as reported by Zenob Glak is "Meltei", who is identified with the "Shchek" (=Serpent!) of the Old Rus' version. Good old *Harpa redivivus?? Furthermore, if your assumption about the etymology of the youngest brother KOLAXAIS is correct (radiant, "sunlike") then we might also have a connection here to the third brother of both Ulch and Old Rus' stories (Khorean, Khoryv). On that basis can one speculate some more about old Leipoxais? The first brother in Ulch and Old Rus' Legends (KUARA, KYI) has affinities to "thunder abd lightning".*******