From: Exu Yangi
Message: 43650
Date: 2006-03-04
>There certainly was *something* that, in identical contexts, gave two
>--- In 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
>************
>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 ���Albanian Tocharian B Glossary���,
>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-sk��e/o-) from PIE *top-
> ���firebrand���: Skt tapati ���is warm, burns���: Av tapaiti ���is
>warm���: Lat
>tepeo: ���am warm���: Hittite tapassa ���fever, heat���. I will add here
>also Sl topao/topla/toplo ���warm���, toplina ���warmth���, istopiti ���to
>melt��� etc.
>
>H4org���hiyeha:> Alb <herdhe> ���testicle���. It is to be noticed that
>*g���h yields /d/, that preceded by /r/ ends in /dh/: MIr
>uirgge ���id.��� < *H4org���hiyeha:.Av &r&zi ���id.���.
>