Re: [tied] Automn and lamb

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Sean Whalen <stlatos@...> wrote:

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> --- Abdullah Konushevci <akonushevci@...> wrote:
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> > *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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*ster-5 `barren'. 1. Alb. shtjerrë `lamb' with prefixed variants
mështjerrë/mëshqerrë from *ster-neH2: 2. shterpe `sterile female',
abstract noun shterpëri `infertility', synonymic with shterr-ni `id.'
from *sto:rbh-o: Latin sterilis: NIce stirtla `barren cow', Bulg
sterica `barren cow', Grk steira `id.', steriphos `barren': Arm ster
`barren', Skt sta'ri:- `barren cow', Toch B śari `kid'. (Pokorny 6.
ster- 1031.)

If we take into consideration PIE root *ster- 'barren', it seems that
your etymology of Lat vervex 'wether' and Oss wærykk is plausible.

Konushevci