Re: [tied] Etymology of Greek God Dionysus

According to some historians and archaeologists the god known as
Dionysos is from Thrace originally. Since we know next to nothing about
the thracians it is only a theory so far.

Carl Hult

tisdagen den 18 juli 2006 kl 14.34 skrev Joao S. Lopes:

> So, what would be the meaning of Nysa <Nu:sa> ?
> Is it a Greek word? So, we must expect
> Nu:kya, Nu:tia, NuHutya (where H could be -s-, -y-, -w-)
> After a long vowel u:, we should expect a nu:kiya, so, this nu: <
> *(s)nu(:)Hu-.
> But...Mycenean nu-so- show no fusion of syllabes
> So, this -s-  could be from -ts-, so we'd have *(s)nu:tso-
>
> Joao SL
>
> amshuman_k <amshuman_k@...> escreveu:
>
> Hi Piotr, Dan & Joao,
> Thanks for your replies diwo.
>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> >
> > <Nû:sa> was the name of several hills sacred to <Dió(:)nu:sos> (and
> of
> > their mythical prototype)
>
> So, do you think the connection to suckling or nursing is dubious?
>
> Regards,
> Chari
>
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