From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 27168
Date: 2003-11-14
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From: "Marco Moretti" <marcomoretti69@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 9:48 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: illyrian lexicon or inventory
> Proto-Albanian: dzie:u-
> Meaning: God
Some of Demiraj's etymologies are unacceptable, and this is one of them. The
idea (reappearing on this list) that <zot> is derivable from *djeu- is a
ghost that should have been put to rest a long time ago. A so-so explanation
of the vocalism could be offered, but the final <-t> remains unaccounted
for. Furthermore, one can't accept any etymology that doesn't deal with
<zot> and <zonj�> together and fails to explain their "lord and lady"
semantics. The following etymologies fare much better:
*wik^�:-pot- > *dz^a:(p)t- > zot
*wik^�:-potn(i)ja: > *dz^a:(pt)nja: > zonj�
*w(i)k^- > *dzw- > *dz^- > z- as in *wik^m.tih1 > *dz^ati- > -zet '20'.
Strange but true.
Piotr