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[sakon76]

Have typed on novel. Have ventured into unknown (equine) territory. Except they're not *really* horses... well, have horse-loving editors who can thwack me over head.

Incidentally, what do horses have to do with equinoxes? The mare/mer- connection I can get, given Greek myths of where horses originated, but I'm being stumped by equine/equinox.

Bed now.

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[branna.livejournal.com]

*blink*

I didn't think there was a connection at all. I thought "equinox" was from the Latin words for "equal" and "night" but equine comes from "equus", which is Latin form of the seriously old Indo-European word for horse, which shows up in most IE languages ("hippos" in Greek, "each" in Irish, "acva" in Sanskrit, etc.)

[velvetpaws.livejournal.com]

Yup, according to American Heritage the derivation is "aequinoctium" for equinox and "equinus" for equine. And, interestingly, mer- seems to derive from the Indo-European root "mori-," body of water, whereas mare is from the Germanic "marko-," horse. Deceptive etymology. ^_^ But there's certainly a poetic connection between horses and the sea, even if not a direct linguistic one.

[ghilledhu.livejournal.com]

But there's certainly a poetic connection between horses and the sea, even if not a direct linguistic one.

Mythology geek moment: Poseidon, the Greek sea god, was also in charge of horses. The horse was his preferred sacrifice.

[ghilledhu.livejournal.com]

But there's certainly a poetic connection between horses and the sea, even if not a direct linguistic one.

Mythology geek moment: Poseidon, the Greek sea god, was also in charge of horses. The horse was his preferred sacrifice.

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

Now my brain is plotbunnying down the primrose path. It takes

mer- seems to derive from the Indo-European root "mori-,"

and substitutes it into the Samurai Troopers universe, where Shin MOURI is the Trooper of water. ^^;;; Except I don't really think there's a connection there either. Nonetheless, thank both of you for helping my befuddled brain become a little less cluttered.