Re: Odysseus

From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 60720
Date: 2008-10-09

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From: Joao S. Lopes

Comparing Greek pelea/ptelea, Latin populus and Slavic topolI, we have two
altenative ways:

*popol- > dissimilated > *topol-
*topol- > assimilated > *popol-

A Proto-Greek *tpeleya- would explain pelea/ptelea allonyms (cp.
khthon/khamai); the similar doublet ptolemos/polemos has no IE cognate to
make comparation easier.

JS Lopes

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There is a third possibility that -t- is an affix.
Absent in populus and apellon.
Present in topol.

Why should apellon be a loanword ?

Arnaud

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