Re: [tied] c^asU

On 5/23/05, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> Pavel A. da Mek wrote:
>
> > What could be the PIE. protoform of the PSl. c^asU "time"?
> > (My ques is kWjeH2s-o-z.)
> >
> > Also there are said to be these cognates:
> > OPrus. acc. ki:sman
> > (kWiH2s-mo-m?)
> > Alb. kohë < *ke:sa:
> > (?)
>
> But in Albanian the palatalisation of *kW would have yielded *c^(W) >
> modern <s>.
>
> Piotr

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My opinion is that Alb. <kohë> 'time' can be reconstructed from PIE
*kWa:sk'aH2/kWe:sk'aH2 and could be also related to Lat. cascus 'old,
ancient' (cf. <njeri/burrë/grua në kohë> 'old man/woman'.

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