[tied] Re: big-mouth 'brbljiv' or crazy 'brljiv' Milosevic

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

> Abdullah Konushevci wrote:
> > In this case, if the German root <prahlen> `to grosstun, to

praise,

> > laud' is the base of <brülle> as a voiced variant, I am afraid

that

> > they could/should be a loan from Proto-Albanian <mburr> `to

praise,

> > laud, grosstun', a prefixed form of Alb. <burrë> `man, growing

one',

> > that in sandi (see <mburr>), to my view, is derived from *k^er-

`to

> > grow' (burrë < *k^or-wo-, cf. Gr. <kore:> `girl', <kouros> `boy',
> > Dioscuri, etc.). There is historical evidence for the migration of
> > Illyrian tribe Paemani in the north and Alb. <burrë> is also very
> > early attested in Dacian king name Burebista. We also know that
> > extended root *k^re:-sko yields in Latin: crescendo, crescent,

etc.

> > I doubt too that this root is also mixed with the meaning of other
> > root *k^er- `horn', so it colored the meaning `to grow' with the
> > meaning `to sharp horns', the meaning that it has in Alb.
> > <bërlyket> `to sharp horns'.
> > So, even I dislike borrowing theory, it seems that this root is,
> > indeed, of IE origin.
> >
> > Konushevci
>
>
> The problem of the Albanian word "bërlyket"is that it has its

semantic

> conterpart in another Rom. word, and this is the verb "imbârliga"

from an (I

> suppose) "in+bar+lig"
> Interesting appears here something else. The word "-lig" appears to

be the

> counterpart of Latin "ligo" but the Latin word yelded in

Rom. "lega" , thus

> it cannot be of Latin origin. Of Albanian origin cannot be as well

since

> Alb. present the "satem" form of *lig-" or I make some confusion

here?

>
>
> Alex

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Yes, PIE root *leig^- 'to bind' yields in Albanian in both dialects
<lidh> 'to fasten, bind, tie', until prefixed form g- + *leig- yields
in Geg <zgidh> 'to untie' and in Tosk <zgjidh> 'id.', due to regular
evolution of cluster gl > g in Geg and gl > gj in Tosk.
I supose that o-grade form *loig- yields too Albanian <ledh> 'bank,
barrier'.
This root yields in Lat. agent noun <lictor> and zero-grade form *lig-
a: > ligare 'to bind' and other derivatives, like: ligament,
ligatura, re•ligio, ob•ligere, etc.

Konushevci