Re: bathys

Hi !

Demiraj explains <mbys> as mb(ë) + *²p–ts´i-, where 'mb(ë)' is a
prefix while *²p–ts´i- < *pih3t-io- < *pih3-to- <*p– (PIE to drink).

Regards
Alvin

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Abdullah Konushevci"
<akonushevci@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
> <piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:
> In Albanian are also two derivates of probabley same root, but
> closely linked to water "ujtë": mbyt "to strangle, to suffocate",
> për- + mbytje "the great flood" and zhyt/shyt "to sink, to dive,

to

> dip, tu plunge" (See also: E. Hemp, Evidence of laryngals). It

seems

> that we must search another root more convincable for these so

much

> related words. Also Greek abyssos "abys" take part in this.
>
> With regards:
> Abdullah Konushevci
>
> > 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.