[tied] Re: PIE *le:p/*la:b

From: Abdullah Konushevci
Message: 25772
Date: 2003-09-12

> The problem with the Rom. word is that this is explained as deriving
> from Slavic "slabU". It happen i just don't know the meanings of
Slavic
> "slabU" and its actualy reflexes.
>
> Alex
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Slavic <slab> 'weak', to my view, is just prefixed form of <lab> (cf.
<labav> 'slow', <labavo> 'slowly'). Prefix s- is very random in
adjectives, cf. <miran> 'quit, calm', <smiren> 'calmed down', giving
to them an intensive meaning.
The PIE root *le:b-, according to Pokorny, and *leb-, according to
Watkins, derives in Alb. verb <lëpij> 'to lick', noun
<lapër> 'dewlap', wattle, gill', <lapërdhar> 'scurrilous person',
<lapërdhi> 'scurrility', etc.

Konushevci