Re: [tied] Bakkhos etymology

From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 37313
Date: 2005-04-24

I liked this idea of kkh<nkh...
 
Bakkhos < *bHaggH- < *bHangH-
Other possibility is that this b<*w or *sw or *gW(H)
 
 

Patrick Ryan <proto-language@...> wrote:
I think the Egyptian word you want is b3q (dotted k), 'moringa-oil'
 
It means supposedly 'moringa' rather than 'olive'; the 3 was a kind of /r/.
 
There is an IE cognate: *bher6 n)g^-,'shiny white'.
 
As for the cluster, I have found doubling of medial or final dorsals (velars) as an indication of earlier nasals:
 
so ba(n)kh(n)kh -> ba(n)kkh-, by the rule that eliminates one of two aspirated stops.
 
You might want to consider IE *bheng^h-, 'fat', for **beng^h-; there is confusion between *b and &bh in PIE.
 
 
 
 
Patrick
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 3:53 PM
Subject: [tied] Bakkhos etymology


I found an old note copied from some article I don't
remember, linking BAKKHOS to Berberian tabakat and
Egyptian b´k "olive", Latin baca "berry".

What would be the origin of such odd cluster -kkh- in
Greek? < *bakH-? *baks^-?

Joao SL





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