Re: Czech /sver^epy'/ [svEr^Epi:] "truculent, atrocious, barbarous,

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Petr Hrubis <petr.hrubis@...> wrote:

>
> Dear All,
>
> Czech /sver^epy'/ [svEr^Epi:] "wild, stubborn, barbarous, tough" is
> usually derived from PSl */svere^pI/, which is in turn derived from
> PIE */swe-re:po-/ "self" + */rep/ "to seize".
>
> I have a question concerning the semantics: is there a parallel
> developement in any IE (or non-IE) languages? (i.e. "self" + "seize"
> >> "wild, stubborn, tough")
>
> Thank you very much for any help or advice!
>

Temematic


Georg Holzer, Entlehnungen aus einer bisher unbekannten
indogermanischen Sprache im Urslavischen un Urbaltischen.
repeated in
Frederik Kortlandt, An Indo-European substratum in Slavic?
in Languages in Prehistoric Europe
etym. no.
'11. svere^pU 'ungezähmt' < *k'wer- < *g'hwe:r-,
Gr. thé:r 'wildes Tier', Latin ferus, Lith. z^ve.rìs, OCS zve^rI;
better than Lith. svarùs 'schwer', Latin se:rius, seve:rus.'


Torsten