Re: [tied] Re: albanian prefix "stër-"

On Sun, 13 Apr 2003 21:31:54 +0000, Abdullah Konushevci
<a_konushevci@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Abdullah Konushevci"
><a_konushevci@...> wrote:
>> Compare *dHegWHo: 'burn' > djeg (no *-eje- suffix, no
>> palatalisation).
>> ************
>> In Albanian exists also verb sos 'to burn up',
>from probabley lengthened e-grade.
>> of PIE *kwekw, an assimilated form of PIE *pekw- 'to cook, to
>> ripen' - Alb. pjek.

It doesn't seem very likely that *pekW- gave *both* pjek and sos in
Albaniam... I don't know the etymology of <sos> but I would prefer to
look for an answer having to do with the root *k^eu- "burn" (*k^w- >
s-).

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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