Re: [tied] Re: Albanian connection

From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
Message: 6365
Date: 2001-03-05

On Mon, 5 Mar 2001 17:12:51 +0100, "Piotr Gasiorowski"
<gpiotr@...> wrote:

>I can't check the etymology of <zot> at the moment, but since Albanian <z> may derive from *dj-, I'd risk the tentative guess that <zot> is a reflex of the contracted vocative *djeu-atta 'Djeus-father' (cf. Albanian at 'father').

It's apparently from *wik^a:-pot(s) "lord of the village (extended
family)".

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