Re: Meaning and analysis of *Dye:us

From: Rajan Menon
Message: 71677
Date: 2014-01-19

*h2we1-yu, would be closer to Hindi "hawa" wind


On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@...> wrote:
 

What would be the original meaning of *Dye:us? How this noun is formed?
Could it be analysed as *dye:u-, *dyeh1u-, *dyeh1-u?, dye-h1u ?
How if *dye:u- < *dyeh1u- <*dyeh1-yu, through dissimilation?

A form *dyeh1-yu would be analogous to *h2we1-yu, cf. Sanskrit Va:yu, the Wind God.


JS Lopes