Re: [tied] russian vor [was: IE thematic presents and the origin of

From: alex
Message: 40764
Date: 2005-09-27

Daniel J. Milton wrote:

> Russian 'vor' "thief" calls to my untutored mind the Greek 'phor'
> "thief" (and the Latin derivative or cognate 'fur'). Sound rules
> don't allow common derivation from I.-E., but is borrowing out of the
> question? I'm not suggesting that Slavs were more likely to have
> their belongings lifted by Greeks than by Finns, but a southern source
> does seem as plausible as a northern.
> Dan Milton
>

Rom. has "fur" as well (and yes, this time the semantism is the same as
in Latin "thief")
but none will come to the idea the Slavs got it from such a source:-))

Alex




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