Re: [tied] Poseidon - meaning

From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 41132
Date: 2005-10-08

The Mycenian form (po-se-da-o)and another dialectal variants Potida:n, Poside:on, Posoid:an implies  *Pots(e/o)idaHon.
< *PotiodaHon/PotidaHon ?
 
The Scythian water-god Thamymasadas is sometimes analysed as masa-da-s < *mats(y)a- "fish", da- "giver".
 
 
Joao SL


"C. Darwin Goranson" <cdog_squirrel@...> escreveu:
Could the "-don" ending be a relic of the Proto-Indo-European word for river?




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