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

> > Has Burrows overlooked the Greek potnia < *pot-niH, which is
> exactly cognate with Vedic patni: ?
> If there is a <potnia>, apparently yes.

Sappho (The beginning of her most famous ode, and the only one that survives
complete):
Poikilothron' athanat' Aphrodita
me: .... damna,
potnia, thumon.

"Rainbow-throned, deathless Aphrodite
don't ... conquer,
mistress, my soul"

>How come it's <potnia>, but
> <des-poina>?

des-poina must come from des-ponia, and the easiest origin for des-ponia is
*des-potnia, with loss of the t.

Peter