From: alex
Message: 25350
Date: 2003-08-26
> Dear Alex,Dear Abdullah,
> I think that PIE root *dei- 'to shine, day, God' (see Pokorny *dei-)
> derives in Albanian words: <di> 'to know' (*ei >i),
> <dije> 'knowledge', <dijetar> 'scholar', <dinak> 'cunning,
> <dituri> 'learning' and <ditë> 'day' (*dei-ta:-). Prefixed form
> <gdhij> 'to wake up, to rise', <gdhihem> 'to dawn up' and, that's
> important here, <diell> 'sun' (*dei-el, cf. *sw-el 'sol' and, with
> variant suffix -en, *sw-en 'sun', probably the root of Albanian
> hyll/yll 'star', if we have to deal with s-mobile), besides feminine
> form Diella and diminutive Dilë. So, to my opinion, the supreme God
> of Proto-Albanians was Sun. This is the reason why _Dielli
> perëndon_ "The sun is reigning", was translated correctly into Greek
> as "Ho Helios basileuei" (in P. Budi's "Dictionary " 1635 - the
> verb <perëndon> has only the meaning `to reign').
> Furthermore, according to Hans A. Pohlsander and Suny Albany "When
> Diocletian and Maximian announced their retirement in 305, the
> problem posed by the Christians was unresolved and the persecution in
> progress. Upon coming to power Constantine unilaterally ended all
> persecution in his territories, even providing for restitution. His
> personal devotions, however, he offered first to Mars and then
> increasingly to Apollo, reverenced as Sol Invictus."
> I am aware too that E. Hamp and P. Gasiarowski have different
> opinions about etymology of the Alb. word <diell> `sun', trying to
> explain it from PIE *sw-el-, but it is my opinion and my attempt to
> explain this word.
>
> Konushevci