Re: [tied] Re: Albanian vras

From: alex
Message: 42170
Date: 2005-11-19

alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> Rom rãu 'bad' < PAlb(Dacian?) *rau 'that one that cause a damage,
> bad man,(even) killer' <-> Alb vras < PAlb *wa-rau-tja 'to kill'
>
> It make sense isn't it? If *rau (see Rom. rãu 'bad') in *wa-rau-tja
> means as verb 'to tear up, to damage' and *wa is an intensive
> privative prefix and finally -tja is used to construct a causative
> action: the final meaning is not by accident 'to kill'.


I was thinking more at the verb "a urâ" ( to hate) as at rãu but it
appears
"rãu" and "urâ" are related, presumabely reflexes of the same rot.

Alex