[tied] Fwd: Re: [Nostratic-L] Re: Nostratic numerals

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:17:07 +0200, Piotr Gasiorowski
> <piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:
>
> >15-08-03 13:52, Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
> >
> >> There's only an s-extension made from *deu- which gives Skt.

do:s.a:

> >> "evening", Grk. dé³ "setting of sun/stars" (*deu- "untertauchen").
> >
> >The Greek word can't be an s-extension! It's a *-ti- derivative of

the

> >verb <duo:> (~ <duno:>) 'sink, go down, set'.
> >
>
> Of course. I was going to quote "Greek deí¥¬os "evening" (Pokorny:
> richtiger deiel㬠metr. Dehnung fꤥel㬠aus *deusel㿩", and then,
> momentarily suppressing all knowledge about Greek /s/, I thought d鳬

a

> couple of lines down, would be simpler to explain...
>

I would be difficult to maintain that "sink, go down, set" definitely
isn't related to "separate, abandon". But now there's also
the "disappear into water" aspect. I feel that there might possibly
be a way to relate those senses, but the how will take some thought.

Torsten