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

13-09-03 13:41, Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

> To this root *sleb- 'to be weak, sleep' probably belongs Alb. verb
> <fle> 'to sleep' < *slo:- , besides much complex adjective <i
> plogshtë> 'indolent, lazy, apathetic' < *p-sle:-g-so-.
> But, what about other prefixed Slavic form <kolebati> 'to waver, to
> hesitate' (if we accept reconstructed root as *sloh1bo-) and Alb.
> verb <lebetit> 'to strike terror into; to throw into panic, to
> overawe', <lebeti> 'dread, panic, terror', both wit very firm /b/?

Actually, both *(s)leh1b- and *(s)leh1g- (perhaps also *(s)leh1-bH- and
*(s)lah2g-) are reconstructible, all meaning things like 'be slack, limp
or weak; hang loosely; rest, relax'; that's why I mentioned
phonaesthetic symbolism (cf. Eng. flabby, flag, flop, etc.). *kole^bati
'to rock' can be derived from *ko- + *leh1-b- if you want to add it as a
cognate.

Piotr