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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...>
wrote:
>
> I picked this below from URL
http://members.tripod.com/~Groznijat/thrac/j_hill.html
>
> Mygdonía (Thuk., Ptol.), Mygdonís (Strab.), Mygdonia (Plin.) -
region along the middle and lower course of Ehedoros (Galiko) down
to the sea, to the east of Vardar. These low-lands contain a number
of swamps, that is why Mygdonia may be interpreted as `swampy
country' from the IE *Mu:ko-ghdho:m, the first component being
related to the Latv. muka `swamp, where one can sink',
mukls `swampy', the Lith. muklìs `damp, swampy', compare with the
Lith. river name Moke the Zhemait. river name Muka, Mukja, the
Latv. place name Mukas, etc.; the second component is related to
the Greek chtho:n `soil, land', the Old-Ir. du, (Genitive)
don `place, country', etc. Compare also the Thracian place name
Rumbo-dona.
> ----- (Addition) *Migledoni Latvian: Migla; fog. Doni; marsh
reeds. *The place of
> fog and marsh reeds. 2) Magdona; also a town in Latvia.
>
>
> It is point to an interesting clue for Makedonia, -donia <
*gHdHom ?
>
> Joao SL
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About the root *ma:k- and its derivatives in Albanian and its
cognate I have write:
*ma:k- `damp, to soak'. Oldest form *meH2k-, colored to *maH2k-,
contracted to *ma:k-. 1. Alb <makë> `film that forms on a liquid,
scum' probably from suffixed zero-grade form *mH2k-eH2. 2. Prefixal
derivative <lë-mashk> `scum indicating spoilage/desease: slime,
mold' probably from metathetic form lë-maksh 3. Zero-grade form is
much more is attested in different place name: Mak-ër-mal, Mak-ër-
esh, Mak-ovc: Old Bulgarian mokr `damp'. 4. Extended suffixed basic
form *ma:k-s-al > Alb <moçal> `bog, fen, swamp' (*ksh > ç, *a: > o):
Arm mo:r `id.'. (Pokorny ma:- 698.)
Konushevci