Res: [tied] Re: 'dyeus'

From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 66274
Date: 2010-07-08

Would a name for the diurnal bright sky imply another name for the nocturnal black sky?

JS Lopes



De: Francesco Brighenti <frabrig@...>
Para: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Enviadas: Quinta-feira, 8 de Julho de 2010 6:54:06
Assunto: [tied] Re: 'dyeus'

 



--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "megalith6" <megalith6@...> wrote:

> where did the connection between 'shine' and 'day' come in?

From PIE *dei- 'shine, be bright' are derived:

a) *dye(u)- 'day' [BECAUSE THE DAY IS BRIGHT!] > *deino- (with the full-grade) ~ *dino- (with the zero-grade) 'day';

b) *dyeu- 'sky' [THE SKY IS BRIGHT IN THE DAYTIME!] > *d(i)ye:us- 'sky god' and *deiwós (an o-stem derivative of *dyeu-) 'god, deity' (that is, a "celestial" being) > *diwyós (a derivative adjective) 'divine'.

Among the PIE roots for 'shine, be bright', *dei- may, therefore, have been primarily concerned with the brightness of the sky in particular (viz., not with that of, say, fire).

Kindest regards,
Francesco Brighenti