Res: [tied] Tarasque mythical origin: Liguric?

From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 64487
Date: 2009-07-30

teras and the:r are not related, teras < *kWer-n-t- (cf. pelo:r < *kWer-R), and the:r < *g^Hwe:r, with deor <*dHeus- < *dHeu- "to breath" (cf. animal < animus)

JS Lopes


De: Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...>
Para: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Enviadas: Quinta-feira, 30 de Julho de 2009 11:56:43
Assunto: RE: [tied] Tarasque mythical origin: Liguric?

 



--- On Thu, 7/30/09, Anatoly Guzaev <anatoly_guzaev@ live.com> wrote:

From: Anatoly Guzaev <anatoly_guzaev@ live.com>
Subject: RE: [tied] Tarasque mythical origin: Liguric?
To: "Cybalist" <cybalist@... s.com>
Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 9:05 AM

 

I suppose, it probably came from Greek τέρας 'wonder, marvel, monster' and is a possible cognate of Greek θηρίον 'wild beast, monster'; cf. OE deor (Eng. deer); also dragon (Lat. draco; Gr. δράκων). The connection between Gr. drakon and δέρκομαι 'to see clearly' doesn't seem plausible enough, because there is Gr. δορκάς/ζορκάς 'a kind of deer', which could be directly related to 'deer' and deor/Tier; cf. Gr. ταύρος 'bull', maybe even including Slav zver, tur (Old Slav. тоуръ) and Lat ferus;

The suffix -sko (ski, ska) seems to be common among the Slavic and East Romance speakers (possessive nouns).

***R It's all over Romance, see Spanish, Portuguese and Italian -sco, French -sque BUT it's usually attributed to Ligurian

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