Re: [tied] PIE *ghe(n)d

At 5:08:14 PM on Tuesday, May 13, 2003, alex_lycos wrote:

> PIE *ghe(n)d

> Lat : prehendo which is compound from prai-hendo= to get (fassen)
> Greek : kandano = to get (fassen)

That's <kHandáno:>

> Alb : gendem = to find
> ocs : gadaty = to suppose
> Kymrish: genni = to understand

??? Pokorny glosses the Welsh 'enthalten sein, Platz
haben', and Y Geiriadur Mawr (which unfortunately isn't
very mawr) makes it 'to be contained in'.

> Rom : gândi = to think

> The Rom. word is given from Hungarian "ghond".

> Mr. George, it seems you are the only one here how know
> Hungarian. What is the meaning of the Hungarian word
> "gond"?

According to

http://www.cab.u-szeged.hu/cgi-bin/szotarG?search_term=gond&max_hits=100&mode=1&diction=H

(or go to <http://www.cab.u-szeged.hu/cgi-bin/szotarG> and
plug <gond> into the search window):

'Mühsal, Kummer, Sorge'.

Brian