From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 60718
Date: 2008-10-09
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From: "stlatos" <stlatos@...>
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> Both *eurus and *urus 'broad, wide' existed. The wide sky was
> called *euru-nos with metathesis in Indic. For *euru-nos, Greek
> changed u > ou in some cases (compare Skt urvara:-, G aroura 'field'
> and *wedn/udn()- '(wet?) soil' > Arm getin, G edaphos, oudas) and
> dissimilated u-u > u-a by r (similar to L *ururo- > *aruro- > *aruo- >
> arvum and so on).
>
> The existence of both Varun.a = Ouranos and urvara: = aroura makes
> the connection almost beyond doubt, especially since the existence of
> Urwana- implies metathesis in at least one word.
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Why should we accept that Varuna is a sky-god in the first place ?
Dye:ws already occupies that place in the system.
Arnaud
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