Re: [tied] Re: to buy-revised

Sergejus Tarasovas wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex_lycos" <altamix@...> wrote:
>
>> Well, which is the etymology of *kolupiti?
>> the Romanian "ciupi" is given as " see the bg."Cupja" and
> scr. "Cupati"
>>
>
> It's *ko- 'intensive/iterative prefix' + *lupiti 'peel' (< Balto-
> Slavic *l(a)up- 'peel' < PIE *leup- 'id.')
>
> Sergei

is thes prefix *ko" to be seen as cognate of Latin "con"?