Re: [tied] Re: Vilga

Aigius wrote:

> Lithuanian VIL~KO > VOL~KO > VO~LO~KO > Russian VO~LOK, like:
> Latvian ZEL~TAS > Russian ZO~LO~TO
> Latvian ZEL~TAS > Polish ZLA~TO
> Lithunian KAR~VE > Russian KO~RO~VA
> Lithuanian KAR~VE > Polish KRA~VA
> Lithuanian GAR~DAS > Russian GO~ROD
> Lithuanian GAR~DAS > Polish GRAD...

None of these Polish forms is correct (they should be <zl/oto, krowa,
gród>. Yes, we all know that Baltic and Slavic are closely related, but
your arrow suggests that the Slavic forms are descended from the
Lithuanian ones, which they are not. They merely come from a common
(Proto-Balto-Slavic) source.

Piotr