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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@...> wrote:
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> The explanation of their origin further in the past should take into
> account the other H word with nom. -za but stem -n- : *gWanza *gWan-
> 'woman' from earlier *gWana *gWan- (like Luwian wana- (with alt.
> wanatti- < *widatti- 'widow')).
This may be needless off-topic speculation, but I noticed that the
Luwian word <wanatti-> looks similar to the Greek word <ánaks> (gen.
<ánaktos>) "prince, lord, ruler, king, etc." < *wanakt-. This word
could have had a corresponding feminine *wanaktix, and for the
sense-development, compare West Germanic <lady>, <Frau>, <vrouw>,
which now mean more or less simply "woman". Could there be any
possibility of loaning in one direction or the other, rather than
derivation from *gWan-?
Also, what is the Hittite word derived from *gWanza *gWan-? The
source I have lists *kuinna- "woman" and *SALni- "women". The former
seems clearly connected to IE *gWenx-, but where does *gWanza fit in?
I don't understand the latter of the Hittite words.
Andrew