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

(I listed cognates of Latin "humus", earth)

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From: "petusek" <petusek@...>
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Subject: Re: [tied] Latin [homo] from PIE *dhgho_mon- = Earth dweller?


> Petusek replies:
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> Yes, probably.
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> We can add some more to the list:
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> 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"
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> All << IE *dhe/Gh-o_m, gen. *dhGh-m-e/s (after Jiri Rejzek)
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> ----- 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?
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> > 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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