Re: [tied] Re: Glue, resin [was: Ducks and Souls]

23-09-03 13:25, Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

> You mean that preverb *n(dë)- is Albanian, even if you accept once
> that *mbë-/mbi- is reduced form of *ambhi-, which is probably derived
> from *ant-bhi 'from both sides' (see Watkins, ambhi-/m.bhi-).
> So to not makes things worse we have *(a)nt- > nd- > n- *gWet-yo >
> ngjes 'to glue'. <ngjit> is seconday form (cf. shes 'to sell', aor.
> shita, pres 'to wait', aor. shita, even vdes, aor. vdiqa).

This may be true -- I simply don't know. The dictionaries of standard
Albanian I've consulted give <ngjis> only, and one would probably have
to examine dialectal forms in order to decide which form is primary and
which has been remodelled, and in order to be able to suggest an
etymology. My point, however, is that <ngje/i-> can't plausibly be
derived from the preverb <n-> plus anything beginning with *gWe- in any
case. The etymology of the Albanian 'glue' word must be different.

Piotr