[tied] Re: Hoof (was: to buy)

As far as I know its panslavic word. Concerning pod-/pot- its common
Slavic prefix with meaning "under". But, why are variations pod-/pot-
, in South Slavic languages is the rule harmony of sonorization and,
depending in certain circumstances, we have: pot-košulja, pot-
krivati, bud podkovati, podgrejati, podsteknuti, etc.

Regards,
Konushevci

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex_lycos" <altamix@...> wrote:
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> Subject: [tied] Re: Hoof (was: to buy)
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> There are all chances that it's an Slavic loan from kovati, kujem
> (*ku- "to beat") with all its family: dokovati, iskovati, nakovati,
> podkovati, prikovati, skovati, sakovati, zakovati, ukovati), kao i
> imenice kovac^ "blacksmith", kovac^nica "the office of blacksmith",
> kovaštvo "blacksmithness", etc. (cf. Skok, ERHSJ, p. 171-172).
Also
> in Albanian we have Slavic loans: potkue/patkua, ~oni < potkov and
> kovac^ "blacksmith". Taking in account that Slavs had lived for a
> centuries subjugated in federation with Avars, these "Horsman of
the
> East", its reasonable to perfect the job of blacksmith, not only
for
> Avars, as Romanian and Albanian language prove it.
> There are cognates in Lit. kauti (cf. kovati au > ov), Lot. kaut,
> OHG houwan, NG hauen, Lat. cudo, Ir. cuad "idem"
>
> Regards,
> Abdullah Konushevci
>
>
> It makes sense to me now wherefrom Albanian "kovac". I have had the
> guess this is a hungarian word since in Hungarian "kovac" should
mean
> "smith" but historicaly I could not link it. Why just in south
Slavic
> then? What should the mean "pod-/pot-" here making the pod/pot
+kovati?
> Of course, it seems it fits better semantically since connected
with
> smith and metal. But is this related to *ku= to beat? I ask myself
about
> Bg./Skr "skoba"w hich should have guiven in Ro. "scoabã"= (tehn)
> cramp-(iron); steel dog; hook; link. This is related to "piece of
iron"
> but not related to beat or is it? Should "skoba" be a derivative
of *ku-
> too?