Re[3]: [tied] Re: belbus, bellua, bestia

At 2:28:56 on Wednesday, 25 January 2006, whitedawn wrote:

I had written:

>> At 4:15:05 PM on Tuesday, January 24, 2006, whitedawn wrote:

>>>>  Is there any possible relation between Latin words belbus
>>>>  "hyena" bellua "monster, beast" bestia "beast"?

>>>  I think, there is a close relation among those words. All
>>>  them stemmed from the name of the ancient god Bel. In case
>>>  of "belbus" the syllable "bel" is duplicated as in the
>>>  English word "wolf" (bel-belus, Vulfila, Belbelana -
>>>  Babylon).

>> There is a great deal of nonsense here.  For example,
>> <Vulfila> ~ <Wulfila>  is not <Vul-fila> , as you seem to
>> think, but <Vulf-ila> : <-ila> is a diminutive suffix.

> If you believe that "vulf" (wolf) is a single
> (undividable) unit you could be right.

I am.

> Obviously it’s just not the case here. See "belbelus"
> above.

Why should I? It's a figment of your imagination; your
suggestion is pseudoscience, which is out of place here.

Brian