From: alex_lycos
Message: 20812
Date: 2003-04-06
> ************Is this one not explaind trough Latin? Normaly the semantism shouln't
> To this equation Perkunas - Perun was putted also Albanian
> Perendi 'god', even I have expressed my reservation, because I see
> in Albanian word an old adjective formed from PIE *per- `to lead'
> and adjective suffix *ent
> Otherwise, Alb. word for "hell " is "skëterrë" < s- (intensiveIas the albanian word "frikë" too considered to be a loan from Greek
> prefix) + kë- (prefix, cf. këqyr `to look, to see',
> pasqyrë `mirror') and the root "terr" (darkness)
> The meaning of underworld in Alb. is preserved only in
> construction "kall në dhé" to put someone under earth, to bury -
> from PIE *kel- `to conceal, to cover, to burn', from an o grade form
> *kol-. For euphonic and expressiv reason, it's also in use the
> construction: E kall të gjallë në dhé `to bury someone alive'. In
> some expressions, like: I kall datën/ frikën `to terrify, to scare
> someone' it has yet the meaning of hell