Re: [tied] Re: cardinal points

Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

>> Alex
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> PIE root for <noth> is ner-1
> Definition 'under, also on the left; hence, with an eastward
> orientation, north' (Watkins *ner-1) and, curiously Albanian verb
> narth 'to feel cold', present only in AlbG, probably from o grade
> form *nor-, extended with diminutive suffix -th.

wait a moment. you said *ner-1 ?
can it be an extended semantism in words which means "dark" ? ( I think
at a relation north=dark= cold)
I am not sure if the semantism can develop in this way, or accepted in
this way. If yes, then the Alb Word is not alone there.

Alex