From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Wed Aug 30 1995 - 16:37:19 EDT
At 10:23 AM 8/30/95, Edgar M. Krentz wrote:
> ... It is
>possible that it comes from the verb EIMI that means "to go" or "to come,"
>a word that in the 1st person singular is identical in spelling and
>pronunciation with the verb meaning "I am." Its participle would also be
>the same! The derivation from the verb meaning "to go" sould suport the
>sense of coming or arrival (to come along side).
I'm not sure that this is really quite correct. The verb EINAI, "to be,"
has as its root *ES- while the verb IENAI, "to go," has as its root(s)
*EI/I-. The participles of IENAI are IWN, IOUSA, ION, and the form from
this verb that corresponds to PAROUSIA , PAREINAI would, I believe,
actually (if it existed), be PARIOUSIA with and additional iota which is
the essential remainder of the verb's root.
Carl W. Conrad
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