Re: Pagan - etymology?

Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:

> > > Also cf. Greek pagos as in Areopagos.
>
> > But that is págos, 'rock, crag, rocky hill', with rising tone, not
> > pâgos, with rising-falling tone.
>
> Págos does have the same root. But yes, the meaning is a bit far from
> the Latin --- whence pâgos seems to be a loan.
Perhaps.   But in which direction?

> > > Touto --- is that 3f touto, toutonis? Perseus (Lewis & Short) does not
> > > list it. But it almost has to be related to Germanic *teuto- as in
> > > Dutch.
> > That seems probable, given the meaning.  But I don't know enough about
> > historical phonological developments in Oscan and Old Latin to say for sure.
> Ah, your original message didn't say these were Oscan words. No wonder
> L&S don't show touto; but they do mention the phrase meddix tuticus.
Well, 'touto' was a technical term used *in* Latin, even if it did not
originate in that language.

> IIRC, Latin -u- does in some cases correspond to Germanic *-eu-. For
> instance L lux ~ ON ljós/G licht (ON shows the diphthong, G the -k-).
I was more concerned about the /o/ element of the diphthong.  Like
I said, I don't know whether there is any systematic relationship between
/ou/ in Oscan and /eu/ in Classical Latin.  It could be entirely coincidence.

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