[tied] Re: Germanic Scythians?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "alex_lycos" <altamix@...>
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> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 7:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Germanic Scythians?
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> >> *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).

Related to (Falk & Terp) 'bede' ("let graze" < "let bite")
ON 'beita', German 'beizen', Eng 'to bait the horses', I suppose?

Torsten