Re: [tied] Re: Tor/Tur/(e)

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 07:52:31 +0000, Lisa <eris@...> wrote:

>I'm a little late to the convo, but...
>
>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
>wrote:
>>
>> John:
>> >The *-tl-s in Atlas seems to have been derived from the pre-Greek
>> >non-Indo-European inhabitants of Greece,
>>
>> Really? Are you sure "Atlas" doesn't derive from /a-/ "not, without"
>> and /tlan/ "to endure"?
>
>By that, you mean the IE *tel@? That's what I thought Atlas derived
>from, although I wasn't sure if the a- was the prefix for "not" or if
>it was something else. Is that the case?

Atlas is "the one who endures" (he carries the world on his shoulders), so
the a- is not privative *n.- *tl.h2-ant-s normally gives Greek tala:s,
talantos. I suppose Atlas, -antos is derived from the other expected
variant *Tla:s, *-antos with prothetic a-.

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