Re: [tied] Re: The e:us suffix, its origin...

Aigius wrote:

> What is etymology of name Zeus? Words meaning GOD:
>
> Latin - DEUS,
> Baltic - DIEVAS,
> Slavic - BOG.
>
> Greek is Centum language. So, why they have ZEUS, but not DEUS or
> something like that?

What has it all got to do with "centum"? The PIE athematic stem was
*djeu- 'Sky-god' (cf. Skt. dyaus), and *dj regularly gives Greek <z>.
Lat. deus, di:vus, Baltic *deiwas, Skt. deva-, etc. reflect a derived
word, PIE *deiwos 'divine, celestialy' --> 'god, deity'.

Piotr