Re: [tied] Re: Poseidon revisited

On 06/02/2007 17:29, Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Edlund Anderson" <cea@...>
> wrote:
>> 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
>
> I am loosing a week or two writing about oldest oracle of antiquity
> Do:do:ne/Do:do:na (Latin variant), where was worshiped Di:one, earth
> goddess, besides Pelasgian Zeus. It is interesting that this region
> was later called Epirus from Doric dialect Apeiros `earth,
> mainland', developed through PAlb sound law: due to i-Umlaut we have
> from Apeiros > Epirus. So, except –do:ne in Do:do:ne, we have earth
> goddess Dio:ne, probably PAlb Zana and Dacian Zina, that could also
> could be from Latin Diana.

Is there a possible relationship between the -da:(h)o:n in "Poseidon"
and the –do:ne in in Do:do:ne?

I'm still trying to figure out some plausible options for what
Poseidon's -da:(h)o:n might be. The "earth" sense is attractive, but I
haven't pinned down any clear reason for a morpheme like "da" to really
mean "earth" or be necessarily cognate with "ge" (the etymology of which
seems unclear, even if the meaning is pretty securely "earth").

Of course, "da" meaning "earth" could simply be some weird pre-IE
substratum thing -- they surely exist, but I always dislike having to
appeal to that :)

Cheers,
Carl

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