>From: Muke Tever <mktvr@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>Subject: Re: Taxonomy of supernatural beings
>Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 18:16:12 -0400
>
>From: "Christophe Grandsire" <christophe.grandsire@...>
> > En réponse à Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>:
> > > BTW, according to my textbook on the world's religions, _Tiwaz_, _Tyr_
> > > isn't
> > > cognate of, _Dyaus_, _Zeus_, _Ju(-piter)_ etc, but of *_deiwos_,
> > > _deus_,
> > > _daeva_ etc. Any IEists around to clarify a bit?
> >
> > Strange, because Dyaus, Zeus and Ju(ppiter) *are* cognates of deus,
>daeva, and
> > all come from PIE *deiwos. The case of "Juppiter" is extremely clear,
>since it
> > comes from *deiwos-pHter (the H is one of the PIE laryngeals, but I
>can't
> > remember its number. Anyway, it's the one that gave the short a in Latin
>pater,
> > and the short i in Sanskrit pitar): deus-pater. So the claim of your
>textbook
> > is quite contradictory :)) .
>
>The "father" word is *p2-te:r, with *H2. (L *-te:r > -ter)
>
>OK.
>
>*deywos
> L deus and di:vus < OL deivos
> Ved. devá-
> Lith. die~vas
> Gmc. *Ti:waz
> > OE Ti:w
> > ON Ty:r
>
>*dyew-
> L Iuppiter (*dyew-p2ter)
> L Iovis < OL Diovos (*dyewos)
> G Zeu= (*dyew)
> G Zeu/s (*dye:ws)
> Ved. dyá:us (*dye:ws)
>
>
>Apparently *dyew- is the original root (meaning "God" = "Jove/Zeus"), and
>*deyw
>was formed by adding the -e- to the zero grade *diw, and ending up with
>meaning
>"god" = "etc."
>
> *Muke!
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