[tied] Re: Albanian connection

--- In cybalist@..., Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <mcv@...> wrote:

> PIE *<w(o)ik^-potis> (Lith. <vies^pat(i)s>, Alb. <zot>, Av.
> <vi:spaitis^>, Skt. <vis'pati->) was a title somewhat higher than
> *<dems-potis> "master of the house" (Grk. <despote:s>, Skt.
> <dampati->).

- There is in fact a very close relation of "Zot" and "master, owner"
.
"i zoti i shtëpisë" ="houseowner, master of the house"
"i zoti" = 1. "owner"
"i zoti" = 2. "handsome, knows how to handle a situation"
"i del zot vetes" = "knows how to make selfdecisions, becomes master
of himself, takes control over himself".

Miguel:

>The *<woik^os> (> Grk. <oikos> "house", Latin <vi:cus>
> "village", etc.) was probably once a name for the "extended family",

a group larger than can fit into one house, but with most members

> usually living together in a "village".

- Could Albanian <fshat> (village) have derived from the same
*<woik^os>, <vi:cus> ?

Alvin