Re: Kuhn's ar-/ur-language

From: tgpedersen
Message: 62964
Date: 2009-02-09

> This time I'll reinterpret the semantics of the UEW roots.
>
> U:
> 1) an,tV (on,tV) "pointy object" U
> 2) on,tV "pointy object" U
> 3) utka "isthmus, long narrow headland/promontory" U
>
> cf ON oddi "landspitze etc"
>
> For the benefit of those who don't live in an archipelago I'll show
> some exaples of what Da. 'odde' is:
> http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odde
> http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sj%C3%A6llands_Odde
> http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billede:Denmark_location_map.svg
> And Skagens Odde is the headland on top of Jutland.
> An 'odde' is usually flat. Hilly headlands are called 'næs'
> The situation is this: If your boat is sufficiently light and
> rickety, you have an actual choice between sailing it around the
> headland and dragging it across it. Hence the dual sense "pointy
> thing"/"leg on a journey".

Cf, bearing in mind
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/61626
the many Danish isthmus names of Drejet (drej-et, n. def.)

http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drejet_(Kegn%C3%A6s_Sogn)
http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drejet

which were portage places.


Torsten