Re: [tied] Deiwos AND dyews

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From: Miguel Carrasquer

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Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:33 AM

Subject: Re: [tied] Deiwos AND dyews

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The Hittite words are {d}Siu:- "(sky) god" and si:waz (=
/siwats/), si:watt- "day".  *di/*dy become si/sy in Hittite,
*eu > u:.  si:waz is apparently from *díw-o(:)t-s
(soundlaws: di > si, í > í:, o(:) > a).

PCR:

I am wondering how secure the equation IE *di/*dy > Hittite si-sy?

 

Sturtevant mentions on page 15 <Si-pa-an-ti>, 'he pours a libation', which he connects to Latin <spondeo:>.

 

If I understand you correctly, this should, according to you, appear as *<Si-pa-an-Si>.

 

On page 61, Sturtevant (_A Comparative Grammar of the Hittite Language, Vol. I_) writes:

 

"IH d = IE d remains in Hittite, where it is regularly written as single t or d. Hittite d + s yields ts, which is written z or zz."

 

Is your equivalence an equivalence that Sturtevant missed?

 

If so, who established it; and what proof, aside from [D]Siu:-, was offered?

 

 

Patrick