Re: Hittite arma 'moon'

On 2009-05-27 23:57, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> Hitt. arma 'moon' (< 'the measurer'?) < *h1or-mo was linked with
> Tocharian yärm 'measure' < *h1ermn.
>
> from
> a) h1er- 'to put in motion, to arise' > h1or-mo > arma
> b) or from 'a new' root h1er- 'to measure' (Adams)
>
> Any comment here?

The word is common Anatolian (there are cognates in Luwian). It has also
been connected with Germanic *arma- < *h1or-mo- 'poor, wretched' and a
group of Anatolian terms for 'sick, ill' (Hitt irman-) etc. < *h1er-mn.,
perhaps via 'pale, weak(er than the Sun)'.

Piotr