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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...>
wrote:
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> What's the correct etymological analysis of KHAOS and
> EROS???
>
> Khaos < *g^Hawos? *g^Hayos? *g^HNwos?
> Ero:s < *erawot- ? *erasot-
>
> Joao SL
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Watkins derives Greek <ero:s> from *H1erH2- 'to separate, adjoin' as
well as verb <erasthai> 'to love' with other derivative
erasmios 'lovely, pleasant', that have yielded Latin Erasmus. As
cognate he takes Old Hittite arha 'border', Old Irish or 'border'
and Lithuanian irti 'to be dissolved' (separated): Latin
rarus 'having interval between' (AHD, 2. erH -24).
chaos is derived from *g'he:u- 'to yawn, gape' from variant form
*g'hau- > khaos 'empty space, chasm'. As cognate he give Old English
*go:ma 'jaw, palate'. Compare also *g'ha:i-.
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