Re: [tied] Re: nandru, nandra, nandri

I think <na> is ultimately Slavic (cf. Hung nesze 'take it' <- Slavic *na si 'here, (it's) for you'). At any rate, virtually all Slavic languages have, or used to have it as a defective verb of sorts (imperative sg. <na>, du. <nata>, pl. <nate>) meaning 'here you are' (when offering something).

The <çoban>/<cioban> set was borrowed from Turkic, but is ultimately of Middle Iranian origin (*xs^uban- < PIr. *fs^u-pa:na- < PIE *pk^u-pah2- 'livestock guardian (= shepherd)', cf. Mod.Pers. s^uban.

Piotr

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From: Tara

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Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 2:48 PM

Subject: Re: [tied] Re: nandru, nandra, nandri

It's interesting to notice that in Romania, "na" means also "here you have it";

"cioban", pronounced "tchoban" means "sheppard", and, regarding the word "dru", if I'm not mistaking, in Romanian there is a word "drug", in Moldavia it's also used when refering to a wooden tool

best regards, Simona