Abdullah Konushevci wrote:
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> It's true, there is no <gudutis> in Albanian. Indeed, they have
> written wrongly the verb 'gudulis' 'to be tickled, to feel ticklish'.
>
> Konushevci
This is why I asked you. In my dictionary are not regionalisms of
Albnanian, but the very usual words are to find there.
Now, I am not sure how to see the connection between these words.
We have:
Lat. : gaudeo:e (Old Latin "ga:vi:si:")
Rom. : gudura
Greek: ga:theo
Dorian: gotheo
Ionian: gauraz, gaurez ( sense of praud,
Lithuanian: dz^iaugiúos ( freue mich, methatesis from *gaudz^iúos)
All these seem to be in the same family. As for next:
Alb.: gudulis = to be tickled, to feel ticklish
Rom.: gâdila = to be tickled, to feel ticklish.
These do not have the meaning of happy but it seems it fits the Germanic
"kitzeln". Let's take a look:
Germ : kitzeln
Dutch: kittelen
Ohd : kittelon
OE : citelian
Swed : kitlla
Alb. : gudulis
Rom. : gâdila
They are related for sure, but which root? The German word is explained
as "warscheinlich lautnachamender oder bewegnungsnachamender".
Alex