I wonder, which could possibly be the origin of both terms. Is the meaning 'gold' primary, as I suspect being gold a real material, or is it derived from abstract verbal roots?
Antonio
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Subject: [tied] Gold in PIE
Gold in PIE
gold in Old English gold, from Proto-Germanic *gulth-, from PIE
*ghel-/*ghol-. Slavic zlato and zoloto, Latvian zelts. The stem is
related to Latvian dzeltens - yellow, Lithuanian geltonas and
z^a:lias (green), Russian zielionyj (green), z^ioltyj...
"Second" gold could be related to Lithuanian auksas, old Prussian
ausis, Toch. B yasa, Latin aurum, and Armenian ___OSKI___. Aurum is
derivative from aurare (to shine, to dawn (Aurora, Lith. Aus^ra).
Au-ra-re is clear Au-ro-ra is clear too. What do we see in
Lithuanian? Au-s^-ti, Au-s^-ra. Au-s^- meaning
is "to shine, to dawn",
Have any ideas?
Vytautas
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