Re: [tied] Re: about the wrong roots

07-07-03 18:37, Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

> On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 14:41:12 +0000, Abdullah Konushevci
> <a_konushevci@...> wrote:

>>Cf. also Albanian <qarr> 'oak' < *kWerkW-, probably from a variant
>>form *kiorkW- or maybe Piotr would have better explanation.
>
> I doubt this derives from PIE *perkWus, unless by way of Latin quercus,
> quern(e)us.

Latin <quernus> (a substantivised adjective) fits like a glove.
Inherited *kWerkW- wouldn't work at all.

Piotr