Wound and wool
From: Abdullah Konushevci
Message: 48318
Date: 2007-04-16
*welH-1 `wool'. 1. Alb lënur `to comb/card/hackle (fibers)' verbal
abstract from *wl.H2-no-ur with nominative/accusative case in lënur
lesh `to comb/card/hackle the wool', where -ur is zero-grade form of *-
wer/-wen suffix. 2. Alb lesh `wool` as singularia tantum and
leshna/leshra `hair` as pluralia tantum from *wlo:s-o. 3. Alb
lëneshë `spinster': Gmc wullo: `wool': Latin la:na `id.': oulos `wooly,
curly': OCS wulna, Scr vuna `id.', but vlasi `hair'. (Pokorny 4.well-
1139.)
*welH-2/*werH-2 `to strike, wound'. 1a. Alb varrë `wound' from *wor-
neH2; b. Alb dvarret `to be wounded' as prefixal derivative: Skt vraná-
`wound', Rus rana `wound': Latin volnus `wound, injury': Grk
oule: `scar'. 2a. Alb vras `to harm, hurt, wound, murder' from *wr.H2-t-
yo; b. Alb agent noun vrasës 'slayer, homicide'; c. Alb abstract noun
vrasje `killing, murder`. 3. Alb lënoj/lëndoj `to harm, injure, hurt,
wound` from *wl.H2-na:-n-yo. (Pokorny 8. wel- 1144.)
Konushevci