--- In
cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
>
> On 2007-10-16 18:21, alexandru_mg3 wrote:
>
> > Can 'hat' be traced back to a PIE *kaT-T- , as is the case of Latin
> > cassis and PAlb. /kac^ula/ ?
>
> I wonder if MLat. casula 'cloak with a cowl' (hence kos(^)ulja or the
> like for 'shirt' in various Slavic languages) belongs here rather than
> being a diminutive of <casa>. I mean it could have been a substratal
> word of the Balkan area borrowed into Vulgar Latin, perhaps with 'hood'
> as the original meaning. I'd put my money on a Klugean
reconstruction of
> the Gmc. "hat" word as *kaT-n�-, in which case *kaT-t�- would be
related
> but not quite the same.
>
> Piotr
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I raise the question of relatedness of *kadh- and *kat-, based on Alb.
kacole 'kind of hat weaved together with coat' < *kadh-s-, besides
Alb. kësulë. 'hat'. I think that Alb. kat-un(t) 'village', borrowed
on all Balkans languages with primary meaning 'house', Alb. kas-olle
'hut, usually build to guard the garden, vineyard', attested also in
place names and patronymics as Kac-ori, especially in Albanian
enclaves in Bulgaria; katua 'cot, cowehouse', kot-ec 'cote, henhouse',
if we accept a/o change in some Illyrian dialects (Messapian,
Liburnian) are simple the derivative of *kat-. So, Latin casa 'house'
< *kat-ya:, with its phonetism, points to Umbrian or some Illyrian
dialect.
I suspect of any impact of Kluge's Law on Albanian after demonstration
by E. Hamp that Alb. besë 'faith, trust' is derived not from
*bhoidh-ta:, but from *bhidh-t-ya:, accepted as well by C. Watkins.
Konushevci