Re: Post-Gothic "Getic" fantasies

From: tgpedersen
Message: 12888
Date: 2002-03-26

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

Phew! I felt like my car had stalled on the freeway. Good thing I
fixed the error in time.
Having said that, I still find that -nd-, -ss-, and leveling of
ablaut, is similar to what you find in Latin.

Torsten