Re: [tied] Re: Albanian connection

We do find reflexes of PIE *pr(H)- (*H = *h2 or *h3) 'first' in almost all the branches of IE. For example:

Germanic: English first < OE fyr(e)st- < *prH-isto-; form-er < OE form- < *prH-mo-.

Baltic: Lithuanian pi`rmas < *prH-mo-.

Slavic: OCS prUvU < *prH-wo-.

Italic: Latin prius, prior < *prH-jo(:)s, hence the superlative *pri-is(a)mo- > pri:mus.

Indo-Iranian: Sanskrit pu:rva- < *prH-wo-

Tocharian: B pärw(ešše) < *prH-wo-

Greek: pro:tos, pra:tos < *prH-to- (or < *prH-w-n-to-?)

Albanian: parë < *prH-wo-

Words meaning "first" are derived from the widely attested IE root *per(H)-:

http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE395.html

They were inherited independently by the various branches, and Albanian is by no means unique in having several forms derived from that root.

Piotr

----- Original Message -----
From: Alvin Ekmekciu

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Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 6:14 PM

Subject: [tied] Re: Albanian connection

I know that <primus> or <primo> is the "first one", but how the root <pri> is to be explained in Latin ?? It would be very easy to understad what <primus> stands for if we know that <pri> is <the lead, the leader, the head>, then <primus> is <the one which leads the row>, as it is the case of numbers, <primo>=<first>. <prim>, <primë> in Modern Albanian stands for <lead me>, <show me the way>. I also wrotte then <pre>, <prej> in Albanian stands for <origin>, <past>, <from> but even for <to cut> (<prej fjalën> = <cut the word> a positions from which you can not go back, it cann´t be undone. <Prej shpresat> = <have no hopes anymore>) And I told here about how close connected <pre> and <pri> in the sense of directions (from <-> ahead ) are in Albanian. Do we find such a thing in Latin ? Then how is <pre> to be explained in Latin ? In <prehistory>, <preoccupation> and other <pre> words, <pre> seems to take the role of the <origin>.