[tied] Re: Near Eastern origin of European cattle.

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>
> > 4. kishk `domestic buffalo calf' (I haven't think about its
> > etymology);
>
> Perhaps related to Da. kvie, Sw kviga "heifer"?
>
> One of the two quotes is from Svensk Dialektordbog, I forgot which
> "
> kviga, OSw. kvi:gha: =
> Icel. kvíga, Da. kvie, from Germanic *kw-i:go:n,
> to an adj. *kwi:3a-,
> cf Icel.. kvígr, young bull,
> approx. corresp. a Lat. *bovi:cus;
> derivative of ko "cow"; auth. arch. 7: ii.
> Differently among others (Bezzenberger) Zupitza Gutt. s. 88 o.

Lidén

> IF 19: 329 (the latter: perhaps 'bine:tiõ:n' or 'coitui maturus',

rel.

> to Gr. binéo:, coire etc.);
> "
>
> Piotr assumed a connection between *gWoh3w- "cow" and *gWem-/gWax-
> "go; come", I think the connection is "cow" = "mobile (property)"
> cf.
> "
> Torsten

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I take a look in Bjorvand and Lindemann etymological dictionary (pp.
492-4930 and according to them Norwegian form kvige, NIcl kviga,
Sweden kviga reflect germanic *kWeigo:n- or *kWi:go:n f.
So, Germanic form leads us to *gWei-H3- 'to live', where -ig is
adjectival suffix.
I suppose that Alb form kishk could be as well from nominal o-stem
form *gWoi-s-ko/ka: > PAlb keskë and due to -eCC- > -iCC- we have
final form kishk. Originally I think that it was a diminutive form
in -ko/-ka:.

Konushevci