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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "P&G" <G&P@...> wrote:
>
> >Are there other possible
> >identities for h4? Does h4 actually exist, and if not, where does
the
> >"h" in Albanian come from?
>
> I suspect the only source for h4 is the desire of linguists to
explain why
> some apparent h2 survive in Hittite while in other cases it
vanishes. Is
> there anything outside Hittite that would compel us to suggest
h4? If we
> could show that some Albanian initial h correspond precisely to
cases where
> Hittite loses h2, then you might be on to something. But I
suspect you'll
> only be able to find one or two instances at best.
>
> So my advice is to make sure we have to believe in it, before we
try to work
> out what it was.
>
> Peter
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Due to the respect I have for Peter, I just like to reply to back
him up, based in one very good study, that one could also found in
the Internet under the title âAlbanian Tocharian B Glossaryâ,
written probably from experienced scholar, but whose name is not
mentioned and who refers too much to Adams. What I like to point out
is exactly the fact that author gives us no more then two examples:
Albanian ftoh `cool off' (<*h4eps-top-eh1-skÌe/o-) from PIE *top-
âfirebrandâ: Skt tapati âis warm, burnsâ: Av tapaiti âis warmâ: Lat
tepeo: âam warmâ: Hittite tapassa âfever, heatâ. I will add here
also Sl topao/topla/toplo âwarmâ, toplina âwarmthâ, istopiti âto
meltâ etc.
H4orgâhiyeha:> Alb <herdhe> âtesticleâ. It is to be noticed that
*gâh yields /d/, that preceded by /r/ ends in /dh/: MIr
uirgge âid.â < *H4orgâhiyeha:.Av &r&zi âid.â.
Konushevci