From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 21498
Date: 2003-05-04
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From: "alex_lycos" <altamix@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Proto-Albanian
> Here it ought to see if the Name of Poseidon is to explain trough
> Danube, if there is a compound Posei+don.
There are many versions of the name in ancient Greek. The first element usually appears as <potei->, <poti(:)-> or <posei->, and the second is <-da(:)o:n> or <de(:)o:n> (or _contracted_ <-do:n> or <-da:n>) for earlier <-da:wo:n> (the most archaic form). You cannot compare it directly to *dah2nu- (even if an indirect "watery" connection is not impossible) or to any historically known name of the Danube.
Piotr