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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "A." <xthanex@...> wrote:
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> I was simply wondering if anyone could clarify what Proto-Celtic terms
> derved from the PIE *Nei- 'to be excitied, to shine' ??
>
> I am specifically thinking of the statement of Macrobius, that the
> Accitani tribe of Lusitania/Iberia worshipped a god known as "Mars
> Neton" who was described as being "adorned with rays". This god is
> believed to be the same deity who is documented as "Neitin" in an
> inscription at Binefar.
> Could PIE *Nei- give rise to Neton/Neitin??
>
> As always, many thanks!
>
> Aydan
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Pokorny (I've marked by ### section relative to your question, esp.
note "hispan. Kriegsgott Ne:to")
Dan
Root: nei-2, nei@- : ni:-
English meaning: to move vividly, be excited; to shine
German meaning: `lebhaft bewegt sein, erregt sein, gla"nzen'
Derivatives: noi-bho- `gut, heilig'; kelto-germ. nei-to-, ni:-tu-
`Leidenschaft'
Material: Lat. niteo:, -e:re `gla"nze, strahle', nitidus `gla"nzend',
nitor `Glanz' (von einem Partiz. *ni-to/-); vielleicht re-ni:deo:
`ergla"nzen' (mit pra"sensbildendem -d(h)-); *nei-bho- in mir. ni:ab
`Lebenskraft', cymr. nwyf ds.; noi-bho- in apers. naiba-, npers. ne:w
`scho"n, gut', air. noi:b `heilig'; *nei-ma: in mir. ni:am `Glanz,
Scho"nheit'; *nei-ko- in mir. ni:ach m. `Held', ni:achus m.
`Tapferkeit';###### *nei-to- in cymr. nwyd `Leidenschaft', hispan.
Kriegsgott Ne:to:; air. PN Ni:all (Gen.Ne:ill) aus *neit-s-lo-s;
steckt vielleicht auch in air. ni:a `Held' (s. nei-1)######; germ.
*ni:þa- in got. neiþ n. `Neid', ags. ni:ð m. `Kampf, Has|,
Feindschaft', as. afries. ni:th `Eifer, Has|, Neid', aisl. ni:ð `Hohn,
Schmach'; ko"nnten auch zu air. ni:th n. (idg. *ni:tu-) `Kampf'
geho"ren; zweifelhaft ai. ni:la- `schwarzblau', nayana:>- n. f.
`Auge', ne:tra- n. ds.