Re: Res: Res: [tied] Re: 'dyeus'

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 66290
Date: 2010-07-11

W dniu 2010-07-11 02:35, Joao S. Lopes pisze:
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> I don't know the dates, just that these planets were associated to these
> deities. It'd interesting to know about Pre-Roman Slavic and Baltic
> names of planets (if they are known)

Planetary astronomy wasn't particularly well developed in these parts.
The only planet that seems to have been consistently named in Northern
Europe was Venus, especially in its capacity as the "morning star", and
its names are transparently derived from the term for 'east, morning'
(*h2aus[s]-ro-), hence also Germanic *aura-wanðilaz 'eastern wanderer' >
OE e:arendel (the details will be laid out in my forthcoming article).

Piotr

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