Re: Albanian vëlla

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

> Alb "vëlla" means brother.
> Vhe "ll" there is the same "l" which became rothacisant in Rom.

thus ther

> words can be seen as:
> vëlla <==> vãr; meanings are bruder-cousin
> Unless there is a rulle that Latin /r/ > Alb. /ll/ one will try to

derive

> Alb. word from Latin "verus" as well with the argumentation " true
> (brother)" yelded in Alb. "brother".
>
> I would like to ask how is seen the etymology of Alb. word "vëlla".
>
> Alex

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According to Pokorny, Alb. <vëlla:>, pl. (g.) vëllazën, (t.)
vëllezër, is composite of pronoun of third person and reflexive *swe-
+ *laudh-, an qualitative ablaut form of *leudh- 'to mount up, grow'.
Being in unstressed position, *sw- yields Alb. /v-/, as o grade-form
*suo- > hu 'only': hu unë 'only I', hu ti 'only you', hu ai 'only
he', comaprable with latin <solo>.

Konushevci