Re: Valtellinese verca (was: Ligurian)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@> wrote:

> > A simple change such as that could connect it to:
> >
> > * wer.-kó+ > varëka- = leaf Av;
> >
> > but that in itself complicates things as it could also be from:
> >
> > * wer.-x-kó+ > varëka- = leaf Av;
> >
> > which allows more, as that could connect it to:
> >
> > * wer.-x-kó+ > * wer.s.-kHó+ > * wer.-kHs.ó+ > varës^a- Av;
> >
> > and with r., not er. :
> >
> > * wr.-x-kó+ > * wr.s.-kHó+ > * wr.-kHs.ó+ > vr.ks.á-s = tree/
> > trunk/wood/staff of a bow RV S;
> >
>
>
> Also, including Slavic * wer.s.-kó+ \ * wer.-ks.ó+ > vr^esk \ vr^es = heather Cz; the presence of another C that surfaces as 0 or s in the cognates of verca is assured. Together:
>
>
> * wer.-x-n.-kó+ > * wer.-x-r.-kó+ > * wer.-x-kó+ > verca = heather Valt It; varëka- = leaf Av;
>
> * wer.-x-kó+ > * wer.s.-kHó+ > vr^esk = heather Cz;
>
> * wer.s.-kHó+ > * wer.-kHs.ó+ > vr^es = heather Cz; varës^a- Av;
>
> and with r., not er. :
>
> * wr.-x-kó+ > * wr.s.-kHó+ > * wr.-kHs.ó+ > vr.ks.á-s = tree/
> trunk/wood/staff of a bow RV S;
>
> among many other possible cognates.
>

This IE * wer.-x-n.-kó+ is a dim. of * wer.-x-n.ó+ = swollen / grown / plant / tree, seen in:

geran = timber/beam/log Arm; * werno- > gwern W; verr = alder Alb;
etc.


It is two dim. of * wer.-x-n.-kó+ that, using metathesis and opt. changes, create the many words for 'branch / shoot / root'; from the same root but not always the same stem in all branches of IE.