Re: [tied] Elbow, forearm

From: alex
Message: 23743
Date: 2003-06-23

----- Original Message -----
From: "Abdullah Konushevci" <a_konushevci@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Elbow, forearm


I am sorry, because I haven't read the Mr. Vidal message. So, we may
say: Beside llanë/llërë, in Albanian the cognates of this word are
bërryl < *bher- + hu:ln,
> with diphthongation of long u: > ui > y and /ll/>/l/ in
intervocalic
> position, due to the assimilation of cluster /-ln-/ > /ll/. It is
> present also in kërryl 'turn of bow' < kër- + hu:ln-,
> kërryle 'bended stick', etc.
> I think that Trukish <el> 'hand', and Persina <arshin> 'elbow'
> testifies for common word in (Pre-)Proto-Indo-European.
>
> Konushevci
> ************


should the SerboCroatian, Bulgarian "gorun" be related here too?