Pokorny's reconstruction cannot be
maintained in this particular case. The root was *g^Heuh2- 'call,
invoke', represented mainly in Indo-Iranian and Slavic, but with marginal
attestation in a few other branches as well. Gmc. *guda- (with nice derivatives:
cf. Goth. gudja, Old Runic gudija 'priest' < *gud-j-o:n-, Eng. giddy <
*gud-iga-) is more likely a "clipped" variant of *gHuh2-tó- (cf. Gk. pHuton,
Lith. butas < *bHuh2-tó-, with sporadic branch-specific shortening) than
a regular reflex of (otherwise unknown) *g^Hu-tó-. In Indic the quasi-participle
*g^Huh2-tó- is reflected as Old Indo-Aryan <hu:tá->, as in the epithet
<puru-hu:tá-> 'much invoked' (of Indra), obviously unrelated to the
Panjabi word.
Piotr
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Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] god
According to the American
Heritage Dictionary (online): English "god" and German "Gott" came from IE
*gheu(@)-, "to call, invoke", suffixed zero-grade form *ghu-to-, "the invoked
(one)". Pokorny's root is *g^hau- (#413). ~DaW~