Re: Post-Gothic "Getic" fantasies

--- In cybalist@..., "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@..., "altamix" <altamix@...> wrote:
> ( Kommt Zeit , kommt Rat)
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> >
> > A. Moeller
>
> There was a Thracian goddess Bendis.
> There was a Thracian tribe Bessi.
>
> Most authorities agree that both names are from PIE *bhAndh- "bind"
> (letting A be the Ablaut vowel).
>
> But that is cognate with Latin findo, ... fissus.
>
> So can we reconstruct a bit of Thracian grammar from this (contrast
> Germanic *bind- ... *bund-)?
>
> Eg. present n-infix, past participle *-ds- > *-ss- (rare in

Germanic)?

>
> It does show a certain similiarity to Latin.
>
> Torsten

Sorry, I mixed up

*beid- "bite" http://bartleby.com/61/roots/IE48.html

and

*bhendh- "bind" http://bartleby.com/61/roots/IE54.html

Torsten