Re: Indika
| From: | Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 10, 2003, 20:17 |
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Quoting Pavel Iosad <edricson@...>:
> Hello,
>
> > Does anything know anything more about this? In particular, about
> the
> > possibiltiy of 'Eire' being cognate?
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> No, OIr _Eriú_ is AFAIR from _piwerijon-_, 'one (she, presumably) who
> feeds, gives drink'. It is thus cognate with Russian _poit'_ 'to give
> drink'.
So it's basically yet another version of "the Motherland".
Well, I thought Eire=Arya looked to good to be true.
Andreas