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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Abdullah Konushevci
<akonushevci@...> wrote:
> 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'.
>
> Konushevci
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For the rather uncommon 'cascus', the antique Lewis & Short
Latin dictionary online has "[cf. 'canus']", "white-haired", which has
an accepted etymology < I.E. *kas-, *kas-no "grey" (Pokorny). Any
connection between the visually obvious canities* and the abstract
concept of time seems very unlikely.
The L&S comment calls for some explanation of the -cus ending of
'cascus'. Can anyone comment?
*I scored with that word in a Scrabble game. Opponent, who knew
some Latin but not enough, asked "Something to do with dogs, or
singing?"
Dan Milton