Re: [tied] Etymology of Gr. SkutHe:s 'Scythian'

> From: Joao Simoes Lopes Filho [mailto:josimo70@...]
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 4:16 PM
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [tied] Etymology of Gr. SkutHe:s 'Scythian'
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> How about SKYTHE:S < *SKHUTHE: < *(Z)gHug(W)He:- or (Z)gHug^H-, cf.
> Gog, and Sanskir Guha "name of a forest tribe and a savage hunter
> mentioned at Mahabharata". Perhaps Akkadian azguza fits in it.
>

Do you mean a native PIE word or a pre-PIE substrate one? The latter would
agree with Marr's (and early marristic Abaev) theory ("Japhetic" *(s)kul-
plus NE Iranian collective -ta < *ta:) :)

Sergei