From: alex
Message: 27143
Date: 2003-11-13
>but there is Serbian "liudi" too which means "people", doesn't it?
> What I like to stress here is the fact that also another PIE root
> *leudh- has similar meaning "to grow up, people, free". From this
> root we have Alb. <lenj> 'to be born'<*leudh-n- and <polem> 'people'
> < *leudh-m-.
> If we compare Lat. nascor 'to be born' we may see that from the sameMmm.. I should like to hear more about Slavic "narod" here if this
> root was derived also <natio> 'people' and Slavic <roditi> 'to beget'
> and <narod> 'people'.
> I guess that Alb. verb <shtonj> 'to grow up'< sh-*te:u-enyo,why nucleus?
> <shtim> 'natality', <e shtunë> (?)'saturday', dështoj 'to abort' are
> all chances to be a nucleus of the name <teuta> 'people', besides
> others derivatives of this root <tul> 'flash', <tulak> 'muscle", etc.
> I really like to know what other members think about this.
>
> Konushevci