Re: [tied] Re: Ianus - PIE Origin?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Grzegorz Jagodzinski" <grzegorj2000@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Ianus - PIE Origin?


> Patrick Ryan wrote:
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> > Patrick:
> >
> > Absolutely not!
> >
> > It is Egyptian j'H not *yah.
> >
> > ***
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...>
> > To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 11:34 AM
> > Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Ianus - PIE Origin?
> >
> >
> >>
> >> If he was a moon-god, his name could be linked to
> >> Egyptian yah "moon" (akin to Greek Io:), what do you
> >> think?
> >>
> >> Joao SL
>
> I've heard that Io < Egyptian iw.'t or ih .t 'cow', not 'moon'. Cf. also
> Iónios póntos and Bósporos 'cow's ford'
>
> Grzegorz J.

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Patrick:

Firstly, why would we expect that names for Greek mythological figures
derived from Egyptian words?

Secondly, there is not Egyptian jw'.t, 'cow'; jw'.t means 'heiress'.

Thirdly, jH.t does mean 'cow' but what would connect that to I:o:?

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