--- "Joao S. Lopes" <
josimo70@...> 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.
It's not just superficially similar; there's also
Greek "a law" thesmós, etc. < *thethmós < *dhedhH1mós.
> Themist < *them-is-t ?
>
> Joao SL
There are many possibilities but I think the most
likely is (because of other fem. names in -tis):
thémtis thémtios
thémits thémitos metathesis (avoid mt)
thémist thémitos metathesis (no -ts at time)
thémist thémistos analogy
thémis thémistos t>0/_#
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