Re: [tied] Origin of Demeter

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

> On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 01:45:08 +0000, Glen Gordon <glengordon01@...>
> wrote:
>
> >Yes, yes, *de: means "earth"... but from what language??
>
> Pokorny connects it with Alb. dhe "earth":
>
> alb. dhe 'Erde' (= khthó:n); vgl. gr. De:mé:te:r, dor. Da:má:te:r,

Thess.

> Dammáte:r, Aeol. Do:máte:r; Illyr. Do:-, Dam- (Pisani IF 53, 30,

38) aus

> idg. *g^ðo:, bzw. Vokat. *g^ðom; über Damía, Beiwort der Demeter,

s. WH. I

> 321;
>
> But since <dhe> must go back to a pronunciation /3^o:/ or /3^ø:/,

I doubt

> it would have been borrowed in Greek as *Da:.

What about the substrate in which the voiced aspirates (*dH etc.)
are represented by voiced stops? The example I remember is _tumbos_
besides _taphos_ 'tomb'.

Richard.