From: a96_aeu@...
Message: 6482
Date: 2001-03-09
--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
We know, for example, that in stressed syllables PIE *ou Albanian a,
and PIE *eu Albanian e (e.g. in the "sea" word *dHeubeto- > *debët- >
*deët > de:t), and this regularity recurs in word after word.
- Comparing to similar deviations in other languages - if it possible
to do so - how long back in time could the change in meaning from
"deep" into "sea" have occurred ?
Piotr:
<guvë> cannot derive from the same source or even from the reduced
("zero-grade") form of the root *k^euH- (i.e. *k^uH-), since there's
no way to get Albanian <g-> from *k^-.
- The reason I brought in question <guv-> (cave) was the superficial
likeness to <cave>.
Then I guess even Albanian "grop-" (hole; hollow; cave) has not
derived from <*k^owilo- > because the root is already taken from
"thellë".
What wonders me more is how identic in meaning this word is to Swedish
"grop" (dimple; pit; hollow; cavity; hole) !
Alvin