Re: bake

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

> It seems that PIE root *bhag- have had very deep religious meaning.
> Albanian word Buzmi '(Tree-) trunk, Christmas log. Nata e buzmit
> Christmas Eve', an suffixed form of zero-grade of PIE *bhag-,
> testifies about it.

could it be connected with the Bulgarian 'b&dnik' (Christmas
log), 'b&dni vecher' (Christmas Eve) instead?


Regards,
Vassil

> Indeed, it was a pagan feast, before it takes Christian meaning.
> Peoples put in the log different kinds of food, praying to have a
> good year of harvest. As we may see from Persian word
> baksheesh 'tip, geschenk', the primary meaning was to share
> something with others, beleaving to have good furtune.
> Konushevci