Re: [tied] Cows and milk

On 7/21/05, Abdullah Konushevci <akonushevci@...> wrote:

> On 7/21/05, elmeras2000 <jer@...> wrote:
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, patrick cuadrado
> > <dicoceltique@...> wrote:
> >
> > Alb. bulë means 'bud' of a flower. What has that got to do with a
> > bull or a cow?
> > Jens
> ************
> My view about Alb. <bulë> 'bud' is that derives from zero-grade form
> *bhl.H1-eH2, of basic root *bhle:- 'to blew, swell', contracted form
> of *bhleH1- through regular outcome of PIE *-r.H1- > Alb. -ur- and PIE
> *-l.H1- > Alb. -ul-. Other derivative seems to be Alb. <bulçi>,
> probably from loc. pl. of consonant stem *bhl.H1-t-su > *bultsh-,
> through regular change -tsh- > -ç- (cf. vjetsh > vjeç, mot-shëm > i
> moçëm 'old'). As well as here belongs too <bullafiq> 'plum, fleshy,
> unpleasantly fat' etc.
>
> Furthermore, I think that Alb. <lule> 'flower', a singularized plural
> of <lulë> is an assimilated form of <bulë> (b - l > l - l) and has
> nothing to do with supposed Mediterranean substrate.

I forgot to mention Illyrian tribe name Bullis, -idis'!?

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> Konushevci