Alb erë 'wind, odor' (was: Re: *eH3k'u- 'swift; accipiter, doe, wi

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Abdullah Konushevci"
<akonushevci@...> wrote:

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@>
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> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Abdullah Konushevci"
> > <akonushevci@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Abdullah Konushevci"
> > > <akonushevci@> wrote:
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> > > > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Alvin Ekmekciu" <a96_aeu@>
> > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Abdullah Konushevci"
> > > > > <akonushevci@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > Alb erë 'wind' is usually explained from reconstructed non
> > attested
> > > > Rom form *aira (Meyer). My view is that this basic word is
> > inherited,
> > > > but about it later.
> > > >
> > > > Konushevci
> > > ************
> > > In PIE exists two roots *H1er- 'set in motion' (horizontally)

and

> > > *H3er- 'set in motion' (vertically), but their similarity in

meaning

> > > made them laible to confusion (Mallory-Adams, 391).
> > > If we start from regular verbal phrase: u çue një erë 'the wind
> > rose'
> > > then we may assume that Alb erë 'wind, odor, smell, perfume,

scent,

> > > aroma' is derived from second theme *eH3r-eH2 of first theme

*H3er-,

> > > so it has cognates in Latin orior 'rise', till forms in *neu-
> > present,
> > > i.e. Skt r.noti 'sets in motion', Av &r&naoti 'sets in

motion', Grk

> > > ornu:mi 'stir up' and Arm y-arnem 'stand up' seem to have both
> > > meanings. Hit arta 'stands, is present, occurs' must reflect

*H1er-,

> > > but semantically is compatible only with *H3er-
> > >
> > > Konushevci
> > >
> >
> >
> > Alb. erë is nothing else that the Romanian aer, finally from Latin
> >
> > (see French air and English air from the same source)
> >
> > Marius
> ************
> But Romanian aer have yielded Alb ajër 'air'.
>
> Konushevci
>

True. But ajër is a late loan.
Marius