Re: 'dyeus' chronology

From: Richard Wordingham
Message: 66673
Date: 2010-10-01

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

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "shivkhokra" <shivkhokra@> wrote:
> > Why would an etymology of dyaus be looked for outside of rg vedic corpus?

> Because we are seeking for Proto-IndoEuropean?

And that then raises the issue of whether a substantial amount of the Rg Veda was composed in PIE (or PII for that matter). I don't know the arguments, but I've a feeling that it's a struggle to fairly claim PII composition for any of it.

Richard.