Re: [tied] Baltic-Slavic disintegration

m_iacomi wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" wrote:
>
>>>> Alexander, there is no proof for Thracian as being a Satem
>>>> language beside some wild guesses. There is absolutely nothing
>>>> where we know about the meaning of a certain Thracian word for
>>>> sure
>>>
>>> What about "Rizas" for instance?!
>>
>> is this a glosse`?
>
> Or "Resa(s)", the name of the king, actually meaning `king`, from
> the obvious PIE root "reg^-" (Pokorny 1589), cognate with a bunch
> of other well-known `king` words in IE.

that is a name and not a glosse. You use the word "cognate" here since
you think or you get the opinion of other people this name must mean
"king". Is there any reason beside a wild guess "why" this name must
mean king?

>
> Marius Iacomi