(Written 4 November 2023, revised to 28 November 2023.)
*h₂ówis h₁éḱweskʷe
*h₂ówis Hyosméy h₂ulh₁néh₂ ne h₁ésti só h₁éḱwoms dérḱt. sḗm gʷréh₂um wóǵʰom weǵʰt, sḗm méǵh₂m̥ bʰoréh₂m̥, sḗm ǵʰmónm̥ h₂ṓku bʰéret. h₂ówis h₁éḱwomos wekʷt: "dr̥ḱént ǵʰmṓ h₁éḱwom h₂éǵti, h₁mey ḱḗr h₁me kénkti." sḗm h₁éḱwos wekʷt: "ḱludʰí, h₂ówi!, n̥smey ḱéres n̥smé kénkn̥ti, Hyós ǵʰmṓ, pótis, kʷérti tósmoy pélkim per h₂ulh₁néh₂ h₂éwis, só h₂ówis h₂ulh₁néh₂ ne h₁ésti." tóm ḱl̥wónts, só h₂ówis h₁en h₂éǵrom bʰewgt.
sheep-NOM.SG horse-NOM.PL=and
Where TH represents a thematic vowel, and cases are assumed masculine by default and marked N if neuter. DN represents a deverbal element -i- or -mo-.
The Ewe and the Eohs
The ewe who had no wool saw eohs. One was carrying a hefty wagon, one a great load, and one was ridden by a man. The ewe said to the eohs: "To see a man driving an eoh, my heart pains me." One eoh said: "Our hearts pain us, that a man, the master, makes for himself a coat of the ewe's wool and that ewe is left woolless." That heard, the ewe fled into the field.
Operating under the assumption of SOV word order. Ewe and eoh chosen poetically as they are descendants of *h₂ówis and *h₁éḱwos.
Any corrections are much appreciated!
(Written 24 September 2023, revised to 30 November 2023.)
*sekʷtlom moh₂nosyo yémHosyokʷe
*h₁en kenis, dʰéǵʰōm tórmos h₁est— ne deywoswē upér, ne dóruh₂wē, ne mr̥téys gʷih₃woswē, ne léwks dʰǵʰés ne dʰúbʰnoswē nékʷts. h₁en só tórmos bʰréh₂teres wéǵʰn̥ti, suHnéwes deywos-ph₂trés, moh₂nos yémHoskʷe, ḱóm h₂ugsénm̥ moh₂nosyo; ḱwesn̥t tóh₁, h₁éti moh₂nos yémHom gʷʰént. ḱóm h₁ewHos deywos-ph₂trés, perkʷūnosyokʷe, déywēs suHnówskʷe deywos-ph₂trés, krépos yémHosyo ḱóm h₁ey ǵʰm̥mes dʰh₁melóskʷe: h₁ey gʷerHéh₂ per syo ḱérh₂sō, wr̥stéres per syo ḱérdh₂ déwsōskʷe, h₁eti per syo péses ḱruHskʷe n̥pótis, tóy dʰéh₁ent. (unfinished)
Use of *tórmos "hole" as "chaos" by analogy with χάος (kháos).
For *sékʷtlom "story," compare Proto-Celtic *skʷetlom (Old Irish scél (“story, news, argument”), Welsh chwedl (“story, tale, anecdote, legend”)).
For *dʰeh₁- with a connotation of divine creation, compare its use in Hittite and Avestan:
West, M.L. (2007). Indo-European Poetry and Myth. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
say-INSTR.DN-TH-N.NOM.SG mannus-TH-GEN.SG remus-TH-GEN.SG=and
See above.
The Myth of Mannus and Remus
In the beginning, the earth was naught but an gaping abyss– nor was there sky above, nor trees, neither death nor life, neither the flicker of day nor the darkness of night. In this void went the brothers, sons of the sky-father, Mannus and Remus, with the bull of Mannus; and with each other those two quarreled, and Mannus murdered Remus. And with the aid of the sky-father, of Perun, and of the two divine twins of the sky-father, the body of Remus they formed into men and the elements: the priests from his head, the warriors from his breasts and arms, and from his genitalia and legs the commoners.
The Story of Mannus and Remus
In the start , the earth was a chasm– no sky above, nor trees, not death or life, not the light of day nor the depth of night. In that chasm went the brothers, sons of the sky-father, Mannus and Remus, with the bull of Mannus; those two quarreled, and Mannus murdered Remus. And with the assistance of the sky-father, of Perun, and of the two godlike sons of the sky-father, the men and the elements were formed: those highly-esteemed men (priests) of his head, those threshers (warriors) of his breasts and arms, and of his genitalia and legs those who were not masters.
*YémHos anglicised as Remus due to the Roman foundation myth. Also I just personally don't like Yemus as an anglicisation.
-saph 🍏 15:55, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
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From Ancient Thessanian mináru ("unit of time equivalent to 5 days"). Compare Adaean merò, Adrasic méru, Hacian mér.
| IPA(key): /mjɛ⁵²Rʊ²³w/ → /mjɛ̂ɦəu̯/ → /ˈmjɛ̂u̯ˤ/ replace R with ʀ, invalid IPA characters (R/→//→/) |
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mieghow (oblique singular mieght, plural ha mieghow)