Re: [tied] *ekwos and friends

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 10307
Date: 2001-10-16

I wouldn't back that up. Os'wie,cim < *osve^tim-jI (cf. Osve^timany in eastern Czechia; the Polish nasal vowel is secondary) is a possessive formation from an abbreviated Slavic compound name, most likely something like *osve^ti-mirU (with *o-sve^ti- 'enlighten') -- another guess I can verify tomorrow.
 
Piotr
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] *ekwos and friends

*ek^wos would have given Slavic *eswU or *oswU.
I think Gamqrelidze & Ivanov mention some toponyms (m.i. Os'wie,cim in
Poland).