Fw: [tied] Re: "As"

From: tgpedersen
Message: 50398
Date: 2007-10-21

> ==
>
> Torsten wrote in another mail :
>
> I'm really beginning to like this *ans- word:
> >
> > *ansi- > *a~si- > *n,si , vel sim.
> > A:s people again.
> >
> > BTW, is this relevant:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashina ?
> >
>
> This story about a "grey she-wolf" is interesting :
>
> "Ashina was one of ten sons born to a grey she-wolf (see Asena) in
> the north of Gaochang"
> My two proposals for this ethnonym were : *ngjawtsix or
> *ngiwatsix.
> I will add that :
> Tibetan ngaw means mastiff, big wild dog
> Vogul (Uralic) ngamp "dog" < *ngab-m ? (probably a loanword from
> Turcic)
> If we take this story into account when it comes to "YueZhi",
> the best match should be *ngjaw-tsix = Meaning is : Dog-born /
> Wolf-born ??
> And we are back to the fact that YueZhi people look bad as
> Indo-Europeans.
> They most probably are some Altaic (Turcic ?) tribe.


I hasten to add something similarly semi-relevant feom Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wusun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issedones
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashihase


Torsten