--- In
cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
wrote:
> Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:
>
> > The PIE stem was, in fact, thematic *swék^ur-o- for the male in-
law,
> > *swek^rú-h2 for the feminine (not that the distinction makes
much
> > formal difference in Albanian). The relation between the two is
of
> > course metathetic, though the details are not clear (at least to
me).
> > We have the variation *-wR.C- ~ *-RuC- in a few lexemes, so it
should
> > be something like **swek^wr.-h2 > *swek^ruh2...
>
>> Piotr
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PIE *k'er- `head, horn'
1. Suffixed zero-grade form *k'r.-nu > bri-nu > brini/briri `horn'
probably in sand'hi <më> `in' + k'ri-nu (cf. OE horn /*k/ > /h/).
2. Extended e-grade form *k'erw-o, to my view underwent the
metathesis and lengthened e-grade form *k'we:r-k-ala > sorkadhe `roe
doe' and sorkadh `roebuck' (probably analocigal with *k'we:rn-
a: `crow'). Because this word is characteristic only for Tosk
dialect, I guess that ll > dh is regular change (cf. lat.
cervus `deer'). But, *k'e:r-u > buri `hornet' due to further
bilabialization of /o/ to /u/, loaned in Turkish as <bori> (cf. also
compound <borizan> 'bugler'. We may deduce that -VrW- is mostly
changed in -WrV- (cf. also Alb. <zog> from *g'ha:gw > g'hwa:g-).
3. Extended zero-grade form *k'rH-w > Alb. <kar> `penis'(cf. Greek
<karo:ton> `carrot').
4. According to Huld, Alb. <krye> (pl. <krena> `heads') is derived
from suffixed zero-grade form *k'rH-euno.
5. Alb. <ka> 'ox', attested form <kavi> that yields definite form
<kau>, according to Pokorny, is derived from PIE *k'rH:-w-, pl.
<qe> 'oxen' (cf. OCS <krava> 'cow').
6. Illyrian Place Name Trikornion is derived by Krahe from *k'rHn-,
probably with three heads, peaks, identical model with Dimallum <
PAlb *di `two' and <mallum> `mountain' `two mountains' (cf. also
Bargullum).
So, to my view, in depence of context, PIE *k' could have as an
outcome /b/, /k/, /s/, besides well established /th/.
Konushevci