Re: The Beast was Re: [tied] Re: Scientist's etymology vs. scientifi

--- stlatos <stlatos@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister
> <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > --- stlatos <stlatos@...> wrote:
> >
> > > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick
> McCallister
> > > <gabaroo6958@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > piztia is from Latin bestia, which is from ???
> > > >
> > >
> > > If from any IE language it would be from
> > > *gWHexYr(o)+ (traditional
> > > *gWHe:r 'wild beast').
> > >
> > So, how do we get there?
> > I can see Latin fer- and Greek ther- coming out of
> > *gWHe:r-
> > What happened to the /r/?
> > Where does the ending -st- come from?
> > Can you explain at an easy level w/o
> abbreviations?
>
> It may not be from any IE language; it could be
> borrowed from some
> other group. If from IE xYr > rxY > ry > rc^ > sc^
> which had to be
> fit into Latin phonology; gYHw > gWH > bH (similar
> to Greek).
>

Okay, it's a bit less murky if you look at ther- <
*pher- and not from *dher- and you keep in mind Greek
/p-/ > /t-/
You want to hazard a step-by-step evolution?