Re: Rozwadowski's Change

> --- In cybalist@... s.com, Trond Engen <trond@...> wrote:
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> [...]
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>> Thinking of it, there's an ON neuter noun <hjó(n)> "servant (mostly
>> used collectively) ; (in plural) spouses". I don't know the
>> etymology, but it seems to be related, indicating a separate
>> formation *hý- based on the s-less root of the "house" word.
>
> Pokorny (539) puts it under *k^ei-1 'liegen; Lager, Heimstätte,
> traut, lieb (von derselben Siedlung)', along with <hýbýli>, <herað>,
> and <hýrr>. Köbler suggests a further connection with <hýski>
> 'household, family' and <heimr>.

So do Bjorvand and Lindeman under 'hybel', of course. I knew I'd seen
hý- somewhere. Also <hýi> n.m. "thrall" and <hýja> (and <-ð->) v. "mate"
look like they might fit here. And here's an interesting set of words:
<hýrast> "find joy, become happy", <hýrligr> "merry, friendly, sweet",
<hýrr> "ibid.". Thus, *hýra "pay" <- "make content"? Or wouldn't that
work outside of NG?.

--
Trond Engen


I think ON <hýrligr>, <hýrr> are probably cognate with OHG <hiuri> "simple", <ungihiuri> "monstrous" (= NHG <ungeheuer>, also NHG <geheuer> in <nicht geheuer> = risky; uncanny, eerie; fishy, suspicious).

Andrew