Re: Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos (was Re: R: Re: cases (nom/acc vs sub/obj)

Jonathan Chang wrote:

> >> Nik sigged:
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> >>> > Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos
> >> > God gave teeth; God will give bread - Lithuanian proverb
> >
> >>
> >That lang seems so Latin-ish...!
> >Indeed in Latin 'd sound like:
> >
> >Deus dedit dentes (arch. dentis); Deus dabit panem.
> >
>
>     It kinda reminded me of Sanskrit ;)
You mean "Devas adadat datas; devas dat dhanas"?

The triplet is well known in IE circles, it features in JP Mallory's book
"In Search of the Indo-Europeans", while discussing the conservatism of the
Lithuanian language. Here is the triplet all neatly together, with Aredos as
well:

Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos
Devas adadat datas; Devas dat dhanas
Deus dedit dentes, Deus dabit panem
Deivos edódet dentis, Deivos dóit dhonom.

Dan


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