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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "dgkilday57" wrote:
>
> > KANTAS NISKAS ROGAMOS ET DEP(R)ECAMUS VOS OT SANETE NON LERANCE (E)
> > DEUS
> > ET NESCA PETEIA ET ELETA NESCA SLA(T) SNUKU AS M(E)
> > [...]
> >
> > I'm really puzzled by the *null* interest shown by IE-ists, even in this
> > list.
> >
> > Of course, kantas is a femenine plural from IE *k´wen-to- 'holy'.
> > From the Germanic semantics (e.g. Gothic hunsl 'sacrifice', English
> > housel), I gather the original meaning could be 'offer', as in Iberian
> > eguan (surely a deverbative noun from an unrecorded verb *e-guan-).
> >
> Does NISKAS have any necessary connection with Basque _neska_?
>
Yes,
that's right.
> I am reminded of OHG _nichus_, _nih(h)us_ 'water-elf', OE _nicor_, ON _nykr_, etc., given the context.
>
Etymology? What about -sk-?