Poseidon revisited

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:

> Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> escreveu:
>> The simplest and most natural explanation, if available at
>> all, is the safest bet, at least initially. The -da(:)o:n
>> part recurs in <e-ne-si-da-o-ne>, where the first element
>> can be securely identified, cf. Gk. <enosis> 'shaking,
>> earthquake' and <enosikHtHo:n> (another epithet of P.).
>> [...] As to the origin and interpretation of
>> *da:(h)o:n, I remain agnostic. There is a similarity of
>> phonetic treatment, and a similar range of variation, in
>> <hermao:n> (a variant of <herme:s>), but I'm not sure yet
>> what to make of it.
>
> So, Poseida:hon could be an extended form of *Poseida:s, -da:has,
> similar to Herma:has and Bore:as (Borrha:s) ?

Just reviving this old thread .... Does anyone have any further
thoughts on the final element(s) (-*da:[h]o:n?) in "Poseidon"? I've
seen the da- element related to a Doric form of ge "earth", which
seems plausible, though it's not clear to me how plausible :) Still,
I suppose it would be parallel to the <e-ne-si-da-o-ne> alongside
<enosikHtHo:n> with -kHtHo:n "earth" clearly appearing in the latter
.... No attested forms like **Poseikhthon? :)

Cheers,
Carl