Re: [tied] Post-Gothic "Getic" fantasies

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

--- In cybalist@..., "mbikqyres" <a96_aeu@...> wrote:
>
> By the way, there is an Albanian word <besë> which could be
> translated as 'faith, trust' in English but the real meaning is
> something like 'to be bound (through the word of honor)!.
> 'pre në besë' or 'thy besën' is to cut this binding, but in this
case
> you are a person in whom should not be trusted.
> I wonder if there is any relation to Thracian.
>
> Alvin
>
And how about Latin <fides> "faith"?
It sounds very likely, but I don't have an Albanian etymological
dictionary at hand, so it would be irresponsible of me to make a
definite positive answer.

Torsten