Re: [tied] Alb. "kudër" ( it was Re: about the wrong roots)

From: alex
Message: 24135
Date: 2003-07-04

Abdullah Konushevci wrote:
> ************
> It si quite interesting that this PIE root *kWon- is, to my view,
> preserved in Albanian language in word <kudër> 'bitch' < *kunter
> (with voicing the dental /t/ > /d/ before nasal /n/), extended in
> comparative suffix -*ter.
> So, Albanian, in this case, treats this labiovelar as did the centum
> languages.
> In other case, <bushtër> 'bitch', also an extended form in
> comparative suffix -ter, Proto-Albanian treats this root as P-Celtic.
>
> Konushevci


Rom. and Bulg. have both the older forms with "t", and both no nasal
there.
Bulg. "kutra" ( as per my DEX ) and Rom "cutrã" ( from Bulg. "kutra" as
per my DEX)
The meaning in Rom. is different, meaning bad person, person in this one
cannot have any trust, intrigant, farisseus:-)
I don't know the meaning in Bulgarian.

What about Alb. "kutë"= junge Welpe?

Alex