Re: [tied] Themis

On 2006-07-26 00:20, Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

> But, Latin fa:num 'temple' is exactly derived from *dhHs-no, so
> there is nothing strange in <fa:s> from *dhHs- > fa:s (see Watkins,
> AHD, second edition, pp. 18-19.

I think Watkins is simply wrong here. <fa:num> _can_ derive from
*dH&1s-nó- via *Tasno- > *fazno- > *fa:no-. But neither *dHeh1s nor
*dH&1s can yield <fa:s>: there are no conditions for compensatory
lengthening.

> There are many variants form in epic Greek poetry, but about it I am
> not ready to give further details.

I know those variants. They don't help much.

> P.S> Thanks a lot that you pass, as usually, with deathly silence
> Albanian <doke> 'laws, customs, mores'.

I don't have to stamp my approval on every etymology proposed here, do
I? I said nothing because I have little to say about this particular
word. A derivation from *dHeh1- seems formally possible, though it
usually takes more than pointing out a possibility to justify an etymology.

Piotr