Re: Latinus geminus

alexandru_mg3 schrieb:

> > Latvian jumis (with short /u/) would be from *yeu-. There
> > are other Baltic forms which *are* based on the root *yeuH-
> > (as well as on the root *yeug-).
> >
>
> I know that is with a short /u/ but as I know the root is yeuh- 'to
> join , to mingle' with a laryngeal.
>
> I'm not aware about a 'similar' root *yeu- . If you know some words
> in Baltic or outside reflecting *yeu- please tell me.
>
> Marius

seeing all this, it makes me to think that Rom. "juma( > jumatate,
jumi-juma)", Alb. gysmë/gymë should belong to this root and not to the
*sem as Latin "semi" or Greek "emi" ( the Idea of Meyer Lübke that Alb
"gyumë" should be a loan from greek is to me anyway invalid).
The semantic evlution can be explained as my pair= my another half so
the development from pair to half appers to be traceable. The phonetic
seems to work too but the "y" in Albanian speaks for a long "u" here.
Should have been there a laringial in the root here or another way to
get a long u: for having the "y" in Albanian?


Alex