Re: Res: Res: [tied] Swiftness of Indra

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 54674
Date: 2008-03-04

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> The connection of Finnish päjvä
> with Greek Phoibê seems impossible.
>
> Internal analysis of Uralic data
> in particular in Permic shows the
> PU proto-form was *baj-
> with a variant *baj-wo
> It meant "light, day" and "lightning".
> It's hard to suggest something in PIE
> for this *baj PU root.

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Not the same root but for *baj-wo-

PIE *bha:(H)u-

Patrick

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I consider that the root
of Greek phôs *bh_H2
is in fact *bh_s?-
as in Semitic (wa)bas?

PU equivalent of that
should be *pas-

And that's the reason why
I haven't made this wrong
suggestion.

Arnaud
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