Dry, Dawn (was: Re: Marduk = Marut = Marutash ?)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> On 2008-10-09 20:15, stlatos wrote:
>
> > He's wrong, and I replied to your explanation, not his. If you want
> > to change your criticism of my theory, I'll argue against the new

as well.

>
> No change needed on my part. I still believe that *auho:s > *a:wo:s.
> Perhaps I failed to make it clear, but Lubotsky's *h2suso- is 'dry',

not

> 'dawn'. I quoted it to refute yor counterexample, not to offer a
> different analysis of the 'dawn' word. *h2seus- 'dry' is also accepted
> in this shape by the LIV.

How would that give OE se:ar?

There could have been metathesis of *sxausos > *x,sausos in every
form and dialect, but if so, *asausos > *ahauhos > Hom auos and Att
hauos (showing optional met. of medial h like heuo:, hieros) but no
s>h after x in Laconian *asauhos > *azauos > addauos.

Therefore, still no *ahuhos.