Re: Hat

akonushevci@... wrote:

>I think that Alb. kat-un(t) 'village', borrowed on all Balkans
>languages with primary meaning 'house'

[SNIP]

>katua 'cot, cowehouse', kot-ec 'cote, henhouse',

Isn't the latter Slavic?

>if we accept a/o change in some Illyrian dialects (Messapian,
>Liburnian) are simple the derivative of *kat-.

And (modern) North German Kate, Kote, Kotte "hut; a poor's house",
akin to English/Norse cot/kot (in most cases its pan-German
synonym: Hütte; cf. Hut "hat" & Haut "skin; hide").

George