Re: [tied] Latin [homo] from PIE *dhgho_mon- = Earth dweller?

Petusek replies:

Yes, probably.

We can add some more to the list:

Cz zeme^ < PS *zem'a
Latv zeme
OPrus same
Lith z^e~me.
Latin humus
Alb dhe
Gr khtho_n
Av za_
Sans kSa:H
Toch-A tkam
Het tekan (gen. dagnas^)
OIr dú "place"

All << IE *dhe/Gh-o_m, gen. *dhGh-m-e/s (after Jiri Rejzek)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Appleyard" <a.appleyard@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 9:49 PM
Subject: [tied] Latin [homo] from PIE *dhgho_mon- = Earth dweller?


> Latin [homo \ hominis] = "man". Compare Anglo-Saxon [guma] = "man". I
> suspect a derivation from Indo-European [dhghomo_n-] = "Man, Earth
> being", from IE [dhgho_m] = Greek [khtho_n] = Sanskrit [ks.am] =
> Tokharian [tekam] = "earth".
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