Re: [tied] Re: Wanak

On 2007-04-26 04:56, Brian M. Scott wrote:

> At 2:01:00 PM on Tuesday, April 24, 2007, Anders R.
> Joergensen wrote:

>> I haven't seen anything really convincing concerning the
>> etymology of this Celtic *aneg-.
>
> Do you know why Matasovic derives it from *h1egH- (Latin
> <egeo:> 'I lack', ON <ekla> 'a dearth')?

Off the top of my noggin, witout checking Ranko's references: perhaps
*n.- + *h1egH- 'not suffer the lack of' --> 'keep, protect'.

Piotr