Talk:帝

Etymology

Modern dì, Middle Chinese tej 去 (Baxter), Old Chinese *tee(g)s (Zhengzhang Shangfang). Original meaning: God, the Deity.

Related to 諦 (dì, OC *tee(g)s, "to examine carefully"). Some people (e.g. Zhou Jixu, Old Chinese "*tees" and Proto-Indo-European "*deus" : similarity in religious ideas and a common source in linguistics) have argued a relationship between 帝 and Proto-Indo-European *deywós ("God", > Sanskrit देव, Latin deus, diēs, Ancient Greek Ζεύς). 60.240.101.246 12:10, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

IN RELATION TO THE ETYMOLOGY NOTE ABOVE

Is it possible that this could be a link between Tengri and Dewos? Tegwes? Tegwos. Reges.

The G can become soft. Like EGO - IO, JE. Like the Anglo-Saxon G, or Germanic in general. TEGWOS, TEWOS, DEWOS, DEWUS TEGWOS, TEYOS, TEYS, TSEYS (WA-TAGWAS?)

" *tee(g)s, "to examine carefully" " - This would line up with Regio and Paro (imparo, imperos). RIC, REX et cetera.

Heanrig Lundenwaras (talk) 08:32, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

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1. Talk:次󠄁
2. 𢁟 is sourced to one dictionary, which is insufficient for WT:ATTEST
3. still missing a source for て

@The Young Prussian —Fish bowl (talk) 01:12, 21 September 2022 (UTC)