Re: [tied] okas

Alex,

Skt. o represents an older diphthong (pre-Indic *au < PIE *eu, *ou, *au). The word okas-, a neuter stem in -as- (*-es-), is derived from the root *euk- 'get accustomed' (check it up in Pokorny), and since -es- stems were normally formed from the e-grade or roots, we can reconstruct the PIE prototype of <okas-> as nom. *eukos, gen. eukes-os, etc. If you can derive Rom. acasã from that, have your fun. Actually, you have a reflex of the root in Romanian, but only in a loan from Slavic -- <ucenic> 'apprentice'.

Piotr

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From: "alex_lycos" <altamix@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 8:22 PM
Subject: [tied] okas


> Piotr , how you see the sanskrit "okas" and romanian "acasã"?
> For sure there is no connection even if this means in both languages
> "home" since Romance is given from Latin "casa".
>
> Just a little game:
>
> romanian word for "home" ="acasã"= cf DEX (A3) +casã
>
> A (3)=lat "ad".
> casa= lat. casa
>
> The simply question is why _must_ be it Latin "ad casa" in Romance
> "acasa" and not sanskrit "okas"?
> Let me guess why: because historicaly only Latin could give this word in
> Romance.
> Is this indeed so or just the only pertinent way to think from what we
> know today? It can be an accident for sure Romance "acasa" = Vedic
> "okas", but it can be something else too.
>
> Alex