Re: Illyrian-Albanian prefix d-

So if you're looking at -akru as the root for "tear",
any chance that it's related to *ak- "sharp" as in a
sharp pain to the eye?


--- Abdullah Konushevci <akonushevci@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud"
> <fournet.arnaud@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Arnaud to Abdullah :
> > I suggest you have one more look at :
> > akru versus d- akru "tear"
> > Obviously, PIE had a #d- prefix,
> > but standard PIE theory does not allow prefixes.
> >
> > Arnaud
>
> Except akru versus d-akru 'tear' we have also Mycean
> dektu-. Greek
> diktoum 'net' from *H1ekt-: Hitt. e:kt-, Skt aksu-
> and maybe Alb otra
> 'strong and heavy twine', otresh 'iron peg or ring'
> < *eH1kt-ra. (In a
> cluster of two stops the first is lost: *nokWt- >
> Alb. natë 'night'.)
>
> Konushevci
>
>
>

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