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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
>
> On 2007-09-06 01:09, stlatos wrote:
> > but ballaena is
> > from Gk phal(l)aina (or more likely a Mac. dia. form) which is almost
> > certainly related to ball instead.
>
> Compare, in particular, the Albanian words for 'sturgeon', Tosk bli,
> bliri, Geg blî, blini < *bHl.no- (cf. Gmc. *Bulla(-n)- 'bull'), which
> throws light on the structure of Gk. pHálle:, pHál(l)aina, as well as
> pHállos (all from *bHl.-n..).
You seem to assume that the opt. ll is from analogy, but any ll may
opt. become l in Gk (not the newer ll < ln or ly):
*kàrttlós > *kàrt_los > *kàrtllos > kartal(l)os 'basket'
*dhl,+Lo+ (a diminutive) > thal(l)os 'twig'
*d.óru+sèdó+ > *d.(e)rusdó+ 'tree-sitting, thrush'
*kYórud.rusdó+ 'crested perching bird' >
*kYórud.usdó+ > *kórud_zdo+ >
kórudos 'crested lark'
*kYórud.rusdLó+ (a diminutive) >
*kYórud.usdLó+ > *kórud_zdLo+ > *kórud_Lo+ >
*kórudLLo+ > korudallis, -alos, etc. 'crested lark'
The source of pHál(l)aina is:
*bhl+Lo+s or *bhel+Lo+s (weak L+ > u+) 'little swelling, testicle,
etc.' >
*bhl,+Lo+s > Gk phallos
*bhelLos bhelu+ > *bhollos bholu+ mix> *ballu+ > ball
*bhl,Lon.+ > *bullan+
*bhl,Ln.+ > *bull+ (and mixing with above)
*bhl,Ln.+ix (fem. voc.) > *bhl,Ln,ya > pHál(l)aina