Res: Res: [tied] Greek substratum words

From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 46468
Date: 2006-10-24

Greek rhis (rhin-) cognate of rhygkhos ? < *srungH- ?

Updating...II...
 Phorkys (g. phorkynos)
Telkhis (g. telkhinos)
Salamis (g. salaminos)
 delphis (g. delphinos) (cf. gWelbHu-)
is (g. inos) "strength"
 rhis (g. rhinos)
this (g. thinos)
glo:khis (akin to glo:ssa "tongue")
aktis (cf. RV aktu)
o:dis 'pang of childbirth'

 This -i:n(s) ending also appears in toponyms and theonyms, so we have two alternatives:
1- PIE origin (including "normal" Greek IE, or non-Greek IE adstratum)
2- non-PIE origin substratum

This ending seems to be a bit anomalous to be "normal" IE Greek, so, it could be from another IE adstratum or non-IE substratum. Aktis has PIE etymology, and also probably glo:khis and o:dis. There are also female -i:n endings in Germanic, if I'm not wrong. But Telkhis and delphis, for example, are not feminine. And the linking with delphis to delphys seems a little confuse ("the belly animal", maybe), and we must not forget toponym Delphoi, that can be related (and a few place-names with Telph-,Tilph)





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