Re: [tied] Themis

On 2006-07-24 16:24, Joao S. Lopes wrote:

> What is the etymology of Themis (themist-) "Justice"?
>
> It seems superfcially similar to root *dhe:- "to put", but its structure
> is odd. It seems to me a compound or a Pre-Greek word.
>
> Themist < *them-is-t ?

The odd inflection (gen. tHémistos, acc. tHémista, nom.pl. tHémistes,
acc.pl. tHémistas) points to an consonantal stem in *-st-. I don't know
what to make of it.

Piotr