Velars and palatalization (was: RE: [tied] Re: Albanian (1))

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

>
> Richard:
> >*markos is 'horse' (> English 'mare'), but what is *wastu? All I
> >can think of is Latin _vastus_ 'empty, uncultivated', but I see
> >neither u-stem nor major problem in that root, which looks like
> >*wah2s to me (Onions has *wa:s).
>
> It would presumably be based on *wes- "to live, reside" plus an
> old derivational suffix *-tu.

Why not derive Greek _astu_ 'citadel, city' from *wadH 'pledge', >
Germanic *wadjam 'pledge' ( > English 'wed'), Latin vas, vad- (short
a!) 'surety', Lithuanian wadúoti 'redeem a pledge'. I conceive it
as the place of refuge of a defensive league of villagers - or is
this an anachronistic idea? This is certainly another root with *a.

Or has Birgit Olsen claimed this as *w&1t or *w&2t demonstrating *th

> d in Balto-Slavonic? I could then play word games and suggest

that that if you over-commit yourself you may get 'spritually
excited' (or vice versa), as in *wa:t (Pokorny #2086) > Woden, Latin
va:te:s 'prophet', Old Irish faith 'prophet. Or is this actually a
plausible connection? (No, Loreto, no historical connection with
English 'faith').

Richard.