Re: Hittite arma 'moon'

2009/5/28 Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>:

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> On 2009-05-28 20:06, alexandru_mg3 wrote:
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>> What is the PIE root of Germanic *arma- < *h1or-mo- 'poor, wretched' ?
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> Well, apparently *h1er- 'be sick/weak'. Homonymy happens.
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> Piotr

Hi, Piotr,

Can't this be an instance of cognacy rather than just homonymy?

The relationship between poor ~ weak ~ sick is quite easy, cf. Kannada
/bad.avu/ "poor, weak"...

Best,

Petr