right roots

From: Abdullah Konushevci
Message: 24157
Date: 2003-07-04

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
wrote:
>
> Abdullah:
> >It si quite interesting that this PIE root *kWon- is,
>
> Just as I mentioned proper notation... The root does not
> have a labiovelar *kW which we all agree on this List to
> write with a capital double-u. This root has most definitely
> _two_ phonemes, *k^ plus *w. The Albanian word for
> "dog" is /qen/.
>
>
> = gLeN
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So, we are talking about right roots. Then, I give up:))

Konushevci

P.S. Alb. <qen> is Latin loan < canis 'dog'. Indeed, it is
singularized plural, formed through Umlaut.
Otherwise, Albanian <zagar> 'hunting dog' is much probably derived
from *k^won-.


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