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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
> BTW, which should be the etymoplogy of the South Slavic ( Serbian
and
> Bulgarian ) "velik"= big?
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Pokorny Record number: 2128
Root / lemma: u_el-3
English meaning: to press, push
German meaning: `dra"ngen, pressen, zusammendra"ngen, einschlies|en'
lit. va~linas `Wall', valiny~s `Tuchecke', lett. valnis `Kante',
su-valy/ti `(Getreide) zusammenbringen, ernten', lit. is^-valy/ti
`heraus-, fortschaffen', valy/ti `reinigen'; aksl. *velü (: gr. )
in
velü-mi, -ma `sehr, u"berma"s|ig', velü-le^pú `sehr scho"n',
velijü,
velikú `gros|', *valú `Haufen, Menge' (*u_o:los) in russ.
va/lom `in
Menge', nava/l `gros|er Haufen', zava/l `Verstopfung, Sperre',
priva/l `Landen' (*Andra"ngen), va/lümja `haufenweise' usw.;
Seems pretty far-fetched to me, but there it is.
Dan