From: Brian M. Scott Message: 19903 Date: 2003-03-16
At 11:20:35 AM on Sunday, March 16, 2003, Antonio Sciarretta
wrote:
> Any ideas on the etymology of Gk. bathys 'deep' ?
Watkins derives it from the zero grade of PIE *gWa:dH- 'to
sink' (or *gWeH2dH-) with a suffix *-u-. There's an Old
Irish <báidid> 'drowns, sinks, wrecks'.