From: alexandru_mg3
Message: 63634
Date: 2009-03-23
>Coming back to Hesperides a meaning like 'the Evening Ladies' sounds better than the 'Western Ladies' ...even their location was faraway on the West.
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "etherman23" <etherman23@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@> wrote: > > Any help on the Etymology of Hesperides > > Ἑóðåñßäåò > > Marius Hesper comes from IE *wesperos meaning evening.
> >
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> The root for 'evening' is reconstructed
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> *we-kWsp-er-o 'evening' --> 'that one to(wards) the nigth'
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> where
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> *kWsep- inside it means 'night': Skt ks.ap- 'nigth' Hitt i-spant- 'night'
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> BUT this *kWsep- is a noun-root or we also have verbs associated with it?
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> Also as I know there wasn't prefixes in PIE so in this case what are the cognates of this 'we-' ?
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> And what particle is this?
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> Thanks,
> Marius