From: tgpedersen
Message: 60721
Date: 2008-10-09
>Enjoy my little monologue:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...>
> >
> > You're trying to shift the burden of the proof, which lies
> > squarely on your shoulders, not mine. The wide distribution of
> > the cognates of *dje:us (as well as the characteristic set phrase
> > *djeu *p&2ter 'O Father Sky') allows us to assume a PIE date for
> > the word. Where is such evidence in the case of Varuna?
> >
> > Piotr
> ==========
> It could be added that *d-ye:w-s has deeper roots in the past.
>
> As regards the god Ares, is there a possibility it had an initial
> digamma ?