[tied] Re: Old Czech hpán vs. Modern Czech pan, pán

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "P&G" <petegray@...> wrote:

> > >p-ati 'master'
> > >From pa:- 'to protect, govern'. That the /t/ in this word is
> suffixal
> > >is evident from its absence inGk. <despoina>.
> > Burrows is wrong. There is no way *pot- can be derived from
> > *poh3-.
>
> Has Burrows overlooked the Greek potnia < *pot-niH, which is

exactly cognate

> with Vedic patni: ?
>

If there is a <potnia>, apparently yes. How come it's <potnia>, but
<des-poina>?

Torsten