Re: [tied] Alb. =?UNKNOWN?Q?Per=EBndi?=

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 20818
Date: 2003-04-06

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From: "Abdullah Konushevci" <a_konushevci@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 4:18 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: hades



> To this equation Perkunas - Perun was putted also Albanian Perendi 'god', even I have expressed my reservation, because I see in Albanian word an old adjective formed from PIE *per- `to lead' and adjective suffix *-ent.

I share your scepticism. The *e of pre-Albanian *per- would have been either diphthongised or reduced in Albanian (depending on the original stress pattern). The /e/ of <perëndi> must be of other origin, which however excludes not only a connection with Perkunas but *per-ent- as well, at least with the e-grade of the root. The final <-ëndi>, on the other hand, does look as if it reflected participial *-ent-/*-ont- (plus *-ijos).

It remains to identify the underlying verb. A form corresponding to the Germanic causative *fo:r-j-an- 'lead, carry' (< *po:r-(e)je-, cf. Mod.Ger. führen) with a lengthened o-grade would do. Cf. Skt. pa:rayati 'bring over, preserve, keep alive, bring to an end', which matches the semantics of Albanian <perëndoj> 'set, decline' and <perëndim> 'west'. So I'd like to propose *po:rejont- (with the approximate meaning 'leading through, accomplishing') > *perjand- > perënd-i.

Piotr