Re: [tied] *steigH-

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From: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <piotr.gasiorowski@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] *steigH-


> This 'spectre' term is, I believe, just a semantic extension
of <stihie> meaning 'element, force of nature' = SCr. stihija,
Bulg. stixija, all of them reflecting Gk. stoikHeion
'element', cf. English stoichiometry). The word also meant
'letter, sound' (as a component of words), 'basic principle',
'logical step in proof', etc., hence its connection with
<stoikHos> 'linear arrangement, course' < *stoigH-o-s, another
derivative of the root *steigH-.
>
> Piotr

[Moeller] where the meaning as "letter, sound," should be the
later sense of the word. Thank you for yoor opinion. BTW, have
you tought abut how went from PIE the latin sanguis?