[tied] Eric Hamp [Re: Dacian]

Pokorny compares Alb. hir (grace) to Greek sk…ron (sunshade). Also
gives PAlb *skŒi-n- to Alb. hon (though he has some doubts on this).

As what regards the rest I guess there are some question which need
to be clarified, such as:
How deep has orthodoxy put it's roots into the Geg population of
Albania ? When did Albanian 'y' take form ?

Then, it should be 'përhimtë' (not 'përhitë'). Probably hi < hin
<him < ?

Regards
Alvin



--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Abdullah Konushevci"
<akonushevci@...> wrote:

> Dear Alvin
> I am afraid that honi "abyss" is from neo-Greek khoni (Meyer,

153).

> Concerning the word hyj "God", I mean and I write that I doubt

that

> it's from Greek ho huios "son" and is linked from the first steps

of

> spreading of the Christianization in Albanian culture. Due to the
> Holy Trinity, the Greek word ho huios get in Albanian the meaning

of

> God (See Fjalori fetar dhe feja e shqiptarëve in www.

Shqiperia.com).

> Also, Albanian hir "grace, light" I doubt that is close linked to
> semitic languages (cf. hyrije "nimph", pl. hur). This word is

often

> used in sintagm hiri i Zotit "the light of God" or me hir "to do
> somthing willingley or with the light of God" and pa hir "to do
> somthing without the light of God". There are some indications

that

> it could be the impact of Arameic, if we take as true that The New
> Testament is written first in Arameic. About the last word hi, ~ni
> there are evidences that it's form PIE root *sku:ts (cf. i
> përhitë "grey", cf. also Delamarre, VIE, Lexique étymologique
> thématique", Paris, 1984, p.109)
>
> Yours:
> Abdullah Konushevci
>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "mbikqyres" <a96_aeu@...> wrote:
> > Hello !
> > I found some more Albanian words on the theme coming from the

same

> > PIE root *sk^Œi- (to glimmer; shadow) as follow;
> > hyjni (God), hi (ash), hir (grace), hon (abyss).
> >
> > It took me some times to figure out that what Pokorny gives as
> geg.
> > huj = Gott is in fact Alb. 'hyjni' and when he speaks about (h)

ona

> =
> > Schatten he is in fact speaking of Alb. hon(i) (abyss).
> > I added hi (ash) to this group.
> >
> > Alvin
> >
> >