Re: Romanian gheara 'claw' is really a cognate with ONorse klo: Ger

sorry please read
ONorse klo: < PGermanic *klo:wo: kle:wo:
in place of
ONorse klo: (< PIE *klo:wo: kle:wo:)

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- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...>
wrote:

>
>
> I found that the Romanian word 'gheara' eng. 'claw' is a cognates

with

> ONorse klo: (< PIE *klo:wo: kle:wo:). The OldNorse words is the

source

> of the English word 'claw'
>
> for gheara /ghiara/ :
>
> PIE gle:-(w)-ro > PAlb./Dacian? gle:-(w)ra > PAlb./Dacian? gla:(w)

ra

> (:) > ORom. gl'a-ra > [gl' > ghi /gi/] > Rom. gheara /gjara/
>
>
> It's true that the Romanian word is an extension in -ro (or -

lo?)

> and the ONorse klo: reflects *kle:-wo: (but is not a big

difference

> and the meaning are identical: 'claw').
> In addition we have the ONorse klo:-ra 'to scratch' with a r-
> extension too: so Rom. gheara /gyara/ seems to be 'a scratch

source'

> at its origins...
>
> I want to ask what is the PIE source of German Kralle 'claw'

(because

> here seems that we have an extension in l)?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Marius
>
> P>S> So gheara (DEX: Unknown Etymology') is another Substratual-
> Inherited word in Romanian (or an old Gothic loan in Dacian?)
>