Re: [tied] bathys

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 19949
Date: 2003-03-17

Pokorny has <be:ssa> 'glen' (< *gWa:dHja:), <batHos> and even <bentHos> (claimed to be analogical) under {gWa:dH-} 'eintauchen, untersinken'. I'm not convinced that his analyses are correct, but there it is.

Piotr


----- Original Message -----
From: "Antonio Sciarretta" <sciarretta@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] bathys


Thanks Brian,
this is not in Pokorny's, isn't it?
It seems that Pokorny derives bathys (actually the maybe related word
bythos) from a metathesis of *dheu-b 'deep'. Very unlikely.