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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3"
<alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:
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>
> Hello All,
> We are discussing about Albanian word valle 'kind of circular
> dance' on Balkanika.
> Any help related to a Proto-Albanian form of this word and/or
> its PIE will be welcome.
>
> Thanks and Best Regards,
> marius
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I guess that PIE root of Alb. <valle> 'dance' is verb root *wel- 'to
turn; roll'. If we agree that Alb. verb <vjell> 'to vomit, turn' is
derived from *wel-no > vjell (*e > ie > je and /ln/ > /ll/), we may
assume that <valle> is derived from an o-grade form *wol-na: > vallë
and <valle> to be treated as singularized plural in plural ending -
e, to avoid homonymy with Alb. particle <vallë?>.
Very interesting is the compound <shtojzovallet> 'nix, sylph' <
shtoj 'to multiply, increase' + zo(t) 'god' + valle 'dance',
literaly 'multiply, God, the dances'.
Konushevci