Tribe.net. Local Connections jheem http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/eac84504-6281-4362-befa-870451d93ec3#615ca288-a014-4325-80e7-4971a3756d2b 2005-09-09T15:46:15Z 2005-09-09T15:46:15Z

Latin sidus, sideris, 'star, constellation' is sometimes compared with Greek sideros 'iron', but they're probably not related. First, that intitial /s/ in Greek is problematic. Cognate words in Latin like sol 'sun' and sal 'salt', begin with rough breathing /h/ in Greek: helios and hals respectively. Some have connected Latin sidus with Germanic words for silver and slag, but it's usually traced back to PIE *sueid- 'to glow'.

jheem 2005-09-09T15:46:15Z