From: patrick cuadrado
Message: 37467
Date: 2005-04-30
Mot
Etymologie
Indo Européen Were (Dire/Parler)
Gallois Brêdyr. Ecossais/Irlandais Briathar. Bruidhinn (Conversation)
Grec Rhetor (Orateur). Latin Verbum (Mot)
Avestan Urvata (Commander). Sanskrit Vrata (Commander/Voeu)Etymologie
Breton Breut. Cornique Bres/Brys (Pensée). Gallois Brawd/Bryd (Pensée/Réfléxion). Vieil Irlandais Breth (Jugement). Irlandais Bráth/Bratha. Vieil Irlandais Brith (Acte de porter/Jugement)
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:
>
> What's the IE etymology of Sanskrit brahman "prayer", Brhas "prayer,
> voice ?
>
> Would be any link to ON Bragi, a poet-god?
I've uploaded to the files section some excerpts on
the etymology of 'brahman' from Harold W. Bailey's
'The Culture of the Sakas in Ancient Iranian Khotan'
and Benveniste's 'Indo-European Language and Society'.
David