From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 20290
Date: 2003-03-24
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From: "alex_lycos" <altamix@...>
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Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Germanic Scythians?
>> *baita: (Gk. [Att.] baite:, [Dor.] baita:, believed to be a loan
from Thracian) --> *paido: 'leather coat, jerkin'
> I must say, I did not found this glosse until now. Since there is an * I
> have to ask which are the considerents to think the word *paido existed
> in Thracian?
Don't get me wrong. *paido: is Germanic (> Goth. páida, OE pa:d, OHG pfeit). The supposed prototype is *baita: (the Greek word <baite:> was believed to be a shepherding term of Thracian origin).
Piotr