Re: [tied] Albanian Names (2) -> Bessa comeback

From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 27295
Date: 2003-11-17

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 01:41:54 +0000, alexandru_mg3 <alexandru_mg3@...>
wrote:

> I wrote :
> > There isn't an 'obvious word' related to "faith" in any other IE
> >languages that have derived words from
> >the PIE *bhendh.
>
> You Wrote :
> > English <bond>, German <Bund>.
>
>
> Is this your 'English <bond>' word, as descriobed below in The
>American Heritage® Dictionary (see below) ?

Yes.

> If yes, well I will say like Piotr : If english 'bond' have
>anything to do with 'faith' will result that : 'Piotr is Ghandi'.

The Albanian word is glossed by Pokorny as "Vertrag, Waffenstillstand,
Treue, Glaube", i.e. " A binding agreement; a covenant. A duty, promise, or
other obligation by which one is bound". What's the problem?

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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