[tied] Re: again Slavic "dragU"

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> 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.

[AK]
I haven't invent this form. You may found it in Rick Derksen's
Dictionary, who I think is one of the best scholar.

>
> >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.

[AK]
See Derksen again.

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