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

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

> > --- 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

Also <be> means 'oath' in Albanian. <bëj be> 'swear'.

Alvin