Re: IE right & 10

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

> Joao:
> > Would there be any PIE name for the planets, stars and

constellations?

>
> As far as I know, no. However, I had a theory that I mentioned

earlier

> that the word for "star", *xaste:r, is originally a word for Venus,
> which was worshipped as a deity in many cultures. Piotr points out

that

> the word is probably native, deriving from the verb *xeh-s- "to

burn,

> glow", hence "that which burns (in the sky)". There would then be a
> semantic shift from "Venus" to "any star in general".
>

EIEC says so too. But Bomhard thinks *xehs is Nostratic (cognates in
AfroAsiatic and Finno-Ugric.
http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/HsHp.html

And the -ter part may be an independent word.
http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/tr.html

Odd that they both have (pseudo-?)cognates in Austronesian.

Torsten