--- Abdullah Konushevci <
akonushevci@...> wrote:
> *wr.H1e:n `lamb'. 1. Alb rrunë `female yearling
> (lamb), yearling
> (ram)' with diminutive form rrunëzak from
> *wr.H1e:n-aH2 with *wr- >
> rr-, -*r.H1- > -ru-/-ur- and contraction of -uo- to
> -u-: Greek are:n
> `id.', Arm garn `id.': Skt uran- `id.', Av var&n-
> `id.'. (Pokorny
> wHren- 1170.)
In PIE *w(e)rwo+ 'covering' formed a noun *w(e)rwa:x
-oik+ -ik+ 'fleece > sheep, etc.' which became
*w(e)rwe:n. *w(e)run.+ by contamination with
*w(e)rfe:n. 'male, bull, etc.' (in some languages or
optionally in PIE?).
*werwik+ > Lat vervex 'wether', Oss wærykk 'lamb'
*wr.we:n. > *wr.e:n. > are:n, gaRn, etc.
*wrun.+ > rrunë
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