Re: [tied] Re: Satem

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From: george knysh [mailto:gknysh@...]
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 4:54 AM
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Satem

*****GK: A follow up query. I've seen "kunigas" cited
before, but am unsure whether it is a borrowing
independent (as to the source word) from the one which
eventually developed into "knyaz" et sim. in Slavic.
BTW where does Polish "ksiondz" fit in?*******

 

Actually, there are two mutually exclusive interpretations:

1. (majority?) :  East Baltic *kunigas, OPruss konagis (<*kuneg(a)s (?)) and Slavic *kUneNZI (/eN/ = [nasal e], /Z/=[dz], U=[jer],I=[jer']) (> Russ kn'az', Polish ksiondz (with Polish development [kn'] > [ks'])) are all borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

2. Slavic has borrowed already from Proto-Germanic, while the Baltic languages-- from the mediaeval Germanic dialects (Old High German etc).

 

Sergei