Re: [tied] Re: Proto-Albanian

I think the correct is -da:hon. No dialectal form show a digamma (w), cf.
Po-se-da-o.

Joao SL

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Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Proto-Albanian


> > There are many versions of the name in ancient Greek.
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> To be precise:
> East Greek
> Arc-Cypr: Posoida:n
> Aeolic: Poteida:n- (Thess) Poteidao:n (Boeot) Poseida:n-
> (Lesbos)
> [Homer: Poseida:o:n]
> Ionic: Poseideo:n
> Attic: Poseido:n
> West Greek
> N-West: Poseida:n-
> Doric Pohoida:n- (Laconian) Poteida:n (Dephi/Corinth)
> Poteida:o:n (also Corinth)
> Islands: Poteida:n (Crete, Cos, Rhodes)
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> Note that these variations appear to be regional, cutting across the usual
> dialect boundaries.
>
> Peter
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> 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).
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