Re: [tied] Uralic Substrate in Germanic?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, enlil@... wrote:

> Peter:
> > Yes, it is borrowed from Germanic. Estonian borrows the same word
> > as 'edi' but it's meaning is wife rather than mother. The

original

> > word for Finnish mother was/is 'emo' from Uralic.
>
> I'm curious. From what does the Germanic term owe its origin then?
> Interestingly, there is also Etruscan /ati/ "mother" and, if I get
> my way, the same word which opens the Minoan Libation Formula,
> theoretically referring to the goddess A-SA-SA-RA-ME "Asherah"
> further on in the repeated inscriptions (ie: "mother of the gods").
> Is the origin of the word known for certain? Can I suspect it as
> being Tyrrhenian without people getting mad at me :)
>
>
> = gLeN

Hello

Ultimate origine of Germanic /*aithi:-/ is unknown. It is certainly a
substrate item, but Finnish had this word from Germanic (and not the
reverse). Etruscan /ati/ has no dyphthong /ai/ and it is not a
suitable relative.

Marco