Re: dhuga:ter ('LARYNGEALS')

Proserpina "emergent (vel sim.) is a folk-etymology
but what is the meaning of Persephone?


--- Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <miguelc@...> wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:07:38 +0100, "fournet.arnaud"
> <fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:
>
> >I have at least three objections :
> >
> >1. Where is the -p- of proso:pon
> >in phersu ?
>
> I don't know.
>
> >2. Attic is stressed on the first -o-
> >I expect **prusup or pursup ?
> >not phersu
>
> Etruscan cares little for the Greek stress. E.g.
> Klutaim(n)é:stra > Clutmsta, Odusseús > Utzte,
> Apóllo:n >
> Aplu, Persephóneia > Phersipnai, (Lat.) Proserpina.
>
> >3. Prosôpon is from proti-o:pon
> >Doric does not make : ti > si
>
> But it does have tj > s(s).
>
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> miguelc@...
>
>

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