Re: [tied] PIE *leuk

> is this word ( i lum) not given as a derivative of Latin "lumen"?
> The Rom. word "luminã"= light has stil no etymology. There are some
> scholars which see it as a derivative of "lume"= world as in

Slavic ,

> thus they try to see there a Latin lumen + Suff. "-ina", but I guess
> last year we discussed this lumen-lumina here on cybalist.
>
> Alex

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Why should given as derivative of Latin <lumen> 'light'. Lets take a
look in PIE *gWer- > Alb. zjerm/zjarm > zjarr 'fire', where -m is, if
not consonantal ending in Albanian, attested also in <tharm> 'yeast,
leaven', then present passive participle -mo/-ma. Droping of stops is
common Albanian feature. So, *leuk-, zero-grade form *luk-, extended
in -m > *lu(k)m, derives nothing else but <i lum> 'white, blessed,
happy', etc.

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