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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:

>
> I'd risk to guess that Amphitrite, Poseidon's wife, has links to Ugaritic 'Ttrt
> (Phoenician As^tart), that was depicted as the wife of river/sea-god Yam, and
> it's not impossible that Aphrodite's name had the same origins (although
> Egyptian Wadjet cannot be ignored).

The problem w any other explanation is that * Aphrotrí:te: 'foamy sea' makes perfect sense as the name of either (since Aph has an explanatory myth that doesn't fully explain her name dealing w sea foam), and folk et., contamination, dissimilation, or dialect mixing can explain the slight changes in each. The PIE origin < :


*
ter.-xà-t.r.ó+ \ tr.-xà-t.r.ó+ 'crossing/ford'
ter.-x-t.r.+ \ tr.-x-t.r.+

mix> * tr.-x-t.r.ó+ > * tr.x-t.r.ó+ [r-r>0]> ti:rthá-m 'ford' S


*
ter.-xà-t.r.yó+ \ tr.-xà-t.r.yó+ < +y 'at/in ford/river'
ter.-x-t.r.i+ \ tr.-x-t.r.i+


*
ter.-xà-t.r.ón.+ \ tr.-xà-t.r.ón.+ < +n. 'a(n) _'
ter.-x-t.r.n.+ \ tr.-x-t.r.n.+

* ter.-xà-t.r.ón.+ > * ter.-xàn.-t.r.ó+ [r-r>0]> tarantá-s 'sea' S


*
ter.-xà-t.r.yón.+ \ tr.-xà-t.r.yón.+ < +y+n. '... _'
ter.-x-t.r.in.+ \ tr.-x-t.r.in.+

* tr.-xà-t.r.yón.+ > * tr.-yà-t.xón.+ > trïath 'sea' OI

mix> * tr.-x-t.r.yón.+ > tr.ix-t.r.ón.+ [r-r>0]> Trí:to:n G


Any non-IE expl. would mean Amphitrí:te: X: Trí:to:n or trïath (-an-) X: Trí:to:n , etc., which seems very unlikely.

> >
>
> Although some mixing with non-Greek goddesses is possible, it's clear that
> Amphitrí:te: = Aphrodí:te: (a goddess of the sea < PIE goddess of a river /
> fertility).
>
> If Dió:ne: = Divona = Ju:no: / Hé:ra: (and I see no reason why not) then < PIE
> goddess of the moon.
>