[tied] Re: Albanian connection

Dear Miguel !
Do you mean "lord of the tribe" in the meaning of the phrase which is
still being used today "i pari i fisit" where:
<fis> = <tribe, all relatives>
<i pari> = <the first, the head, the leader, the oldest, the most
mature>
?

Alvin

--- In cybalist@..., Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <mcv@...> wrote:
> 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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