Re: Hittite arma 'moon'

From: alexandru_mg3
Message: 63935
Date: 2009-05-28

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
>
> On 2009-05-27 23:57, alexandru_mg3 wrote:
>
> > Hitt. arma 'moon' (< 'the measurer'?) < *h1or-mo was linked with
> > Tocharian yƤrm 'measure' < *h1ermn.
> >
> > from
> > a) h1er- 'to put in motion, to arise' > h1or-mo > arma
> > b) or from 'a new' root h1er- 'to measure' (Adams)
> >
> > Any comment here?
>
>
> The word is common Anatolian (there are cognates in Luwian). It has also
> been connected with Germanic *arma- < *h1or-mo- 'poor, wretched' and a
> group of Anatolian terms for 'sick, ill' (Hitt irman-) etc. < *h1er-mn.,
> perhaps via 'pale, weak(er than the Sun)'.
>
> Piotr



Hello Piotr,

Thanks.

What is the PIE root of Germanic *arma- < *h1or-mo- 'poor, wretched' ?

I know only *h1er- 'to set in motion'

Marius