*eH3k'u- 'swift; accipiter, doe, wind, hawk'

From: Abdullah Konushevci
Message: 44130
Date: 2006-04-04

*o:k'u- `swift'. Oldest form *eH3k'u- .1. Alb. <sutë> `doe' from
*o:k'u-peteH2 (aphaeresis of unstressed syllable *o:, *k'u >s and *pt
> t, cf. *septm.- > Alb. <shtatë>), literally `swift flyer' (cf. Latin
accipiter `swift flyer': Greek o:kus `swift'. 2. Alb. <erë> `wind'
from *o:k'-ro, a substantivized adjective (cf. ak'-ro, beside *ak'-u-
): Sl jastreb `hawk'. (Pokorny o:k'u-s 775.)

Konushevci