Re: The Indo-European or Persian term for "Year" or "Annual"

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
wrote:

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> >Or perhaps the basic "Indo-European" root
> >for this idea of "yearly" or "annual"?
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> Along with *yer-, there's also *wet- based on:
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> Old English /weðer/ "castrated ram"
> OHG /widar/ "lamb"
> Gothic /wiþrus/ "lamb"
> Latin /vetus/ "old", /vitilus/ "calf, yearling"
> Sanskrit /vatsa/ "calf, child"
> Greek /etos/ "year"
>
>
> = gLeN

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And Alb. <vjet> 'year, last year', <vjetë> 'yearling', <viç> 'calf'.
Konushevci

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