Re: Names of a few Celtic Deities

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel J. Milton" <dmilt1896@...>
wrote:

>'Fisher' (cf. Gothic 'nuta'
> "fisherman", from *nudo:n[s]),

...

> The only reference I have handy gives 'fiskja' as the Gothic for
> "fisherman" and I have no idea what the *form refers to, but there it
> is.

Eg., Mk 1,17:
_kaì poié:so: humâs genéstHai halieîs antHró:po:n_
_jah gatawida ins waírþan nutans manne:_
-- i.e. *nuta (n-stem) (to PIE *neud- 'use') would mean 'halieús;
fisher' < 'catcher'.

Sergei