Re: [tied] Words with nucleus *-eu- & *-ou-

From: Abdullah Konushevci
Message: 42402
Date: 2005-12-04

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
>
> Abdullah Konushevci wrote:
> >>> What do you think, is also South-Slavic word <rudo> 'ore,
mineral'
> > and also
> >> <za-ruditi> 'to dawn' part of the root <roudh-> as well as <repa>
> >> 'carrot' and <sangarepa>? I didn't find these derivatives in
> > Pokorny.
> >>
> >> Konushevci
> >
> > Maybe also <rumen> 'light red' from *roudh-mno, rumen-
ilo 'redness'.
> > Not in Derksen Dictionary.
>
>
> there is too Rum. "rumen" and "roshcat" ( of course, roshu as well)
> which are explained as such:
> "rumen" should be from Slavic, "roshu" from Latin "roseus" and
> "roshcat" is not explained via any suffix. I was not aware of
Albanian
> "nryshk" which appears is the same as Rum. "roshcat" until now.
>
> Alex
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Yes, by all means, <rumen> 'light red' is a Slavic loan. Exists also
denominal <za-rumen-iti> (cf. above za-rud-iti) etc.
Albanian base is n-rysh-k(n <*H1en, rysh <*ru:s and -k diminutive
suffix), so Rom. <roshcat>, except vocalism, is akin to Alb.
<*ryshk>. Problem, for me, is Rom. suffix -at.

Konushevci