RE : Re: RE : [tied] *Wet(1)-

From: patrick cuadrado
Message: 48386
Date: 2007-04-27

Celtic links = proto-Celtic *Uati-
Welsh = Gwawd = sing/poem/satire
Welsh = Gwetid = to say
Old Irish = Fáith/Fáth = Soothsayer/prophet/Prophecy
Old Irish = Fethid = He sees
 
Ad-uatuca = Town = Tongres (Rhenanie) = prophecy place
Uatiounos = deity name = soothsayer
Matronae Uatiunae = goddess = idem


"A." <xthanex@...> a écrit :
--- In cybalist@... s.com, patrick cuadrado <dicoceltique@ ...>
wrote:
>
> you've got
> Old Slavic V&#283;ti(ji) = speaker
> Tchec Vìštec (Oracle)
> Sanskrit Vátati he inspires
>
> > "A." <xthanex@... > a écrit :
> > I was looking back through the archives here and on the PIE
religion list, exploring the Vata - Woden association, and thought
I'd put forth a question:
> >
> > PIE *wet(1)- "to blow, inspire, spiritually arouse"
> >
> > 1) -> Germanic wod- -> suffixed wod-ono "raging, mad"
> >
> > 2) -> Sanskrit vat- ? "wind"?
> >
> > 3) -> Latin vates "prophet"
> >
> > Can anyone provide Greek, Baltic, or Slavic correlates?
Especially any cognates that suggest a deity's name?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Aydan

Patrick,

My thanks for the response and providing a few more terms!
Anyone have any good Celtic cognates??
And lastly am I correct in understanding that the Latin "vita" is not
derived from *wet- , but rather from *gwei-?

Sincerely,
Aydan




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