Re: [tied] Re: again Slavic "dragU"

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 12:18:35 +0000, Abdullah Konushevci
<a_konushevci@...> wrote:

>It seems you haven't understand Alex. He claims that proto-Slavic
>*do:rgú 'dear'(OCHS dragú 'id.', South-Slavic <drag>)

The *o is short.

>should be from
>Balkan languages origin, because it has no parallels in other IE
>languages.

Pokorny classifies it as derived from *dher&- "to hold",
with cognates in most IE lgs.

>It is very present in Romanian vocabulary: draguTet,
>dragoste, etc.

Dragoste is rather a giveaway that it's a Slavic word, isn't
it?

>Nonetheless, I am interested could this adjective could be related
>to <dru:gú> 'friend' (< *dHrougH-o-)

There is no *u in PS *dorgas, so no.


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