Re: [tied] Bakkhos etymology

From: alex
Message: 37338
Date: 2005-04-25

Joao S. Lopes wrote:
> Perhaps a clue for Bakkhos etymology was the name of
> his mother: Semele:, allways analysed as from Thracian
> zemelo: "earth" (cf. Russian Zemlya). Is this correct?
> So we'd have here a shift *g^H>z>s, or not?


It has been suggested a Thracian *zemelos" due the name of Zalmoxis; I
think Zalmoxis has been noh a chtonic deity at all and the co-relation
with earth is not true. The same for Reza/Ressus which is a _personal
name_ and it doesn't mean "king". If I recal correct, there is the
thracian "king Ressus" in the troyan war and not Reza but I have to
verify too.


Alex




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