Roots with initial a-vocalism (1)

*a:lu- `esculent root, a bitter plant'. Oldest form *H2el- and through
metathesis *eH2l- > *a:l-.
1. Alb ngallë `flowering head of an onion, young plant sprout' is
probably prefixed form *H1en- + *H2el-aH2, if we agree that *H2 in
this case have yielded /g/, like in Alb gocë `oyster' (cf. Gr ostreon
`id.') from *H2ost-: Lat a:lium ~ allium `garlic`, Skt a:lu- `Arum
campanulatum` (an esculent root). 2. Alb ngallicë `woman who makes
trouble, woman who stirs the pot' is much more related to English ale.
3. Alb ngallit `to devote oneself entirely to something' as its
denominative. 4. Alb ngallinë `excrescence, growth' suggests that it
is related to *al- 'to grow, nourish'. Probably primary form was
*H2el- and through metathesis *eH2l- > *a:l-
Nevertheless, exists also the possibility to be from prefixed form in
*gho-, like in g-dhinj `to grow light', g-dhend `to plane`. According
to Çabej and Orel it is a prefixal derivative of kallí `ear, spike, cob'.
According to Watkins this word is used in words related to sorcery,
magic, possession and intoxication, where to him is the origin of NE
ale from Old English ealu < Germanic *aluth-.
This root in Mallory-Adams "The Oxford Introduction to
Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Indo-European World" (pp. 164-165.) was
treated with initial a-vocalism.
(Pokorny a:lu- 33.)

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