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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Abdullah Konushevci"
<akonushevci@...> wrote:
> *neu-ks- `to smell'. 1. Alb. <hundë> `nose'
> Konushevci
>
I prefer an etymology asserting that: <<'an Albanian nose' is 'a PIE
nose'>>
PIE *hneh2s- 'nose' > PIE *hn.h2s-ú-nt-o/eh2 > PAlb/Dacian? *asúnta:
> (see gjuhë, vjehërr, kohë (despite the doubts)) > PAlb/Dacian?
*ahúnta: > Alb. húndë
Note: 1. For another -nt- <<nose>>-formation: see Skt. nasvaìnt-
[adj] `nosed' (AV)
2. we cannot exclude also an -n- formation:
PIE *hn.h2s-ú-n-eh2 > PAlb/Dacian? asúna: with probable some
alternative unattested forms PAlb/Dacian? *násuna < PIE *hnh2és-u-no
Marius