Re: bathys

I agree that mb(ë)- is prefix, but where did he find than that *p-ts-
i or simply *p- and it's more logical someone to be stragled in the
water than drinking something.

Regards:
Abdullah Konushevci

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "mbikqyres" <a96_aeu@...> wrote:
> 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.