LL-L "Etymology" 2008.08.13 (02) [E]

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From: Diederik Masure <didimasure at hotmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2008.08.13 (01) [E]

Hmm, I don't see how ac can be connected to *auk. From
www.koeblergerhard.de/publikat.html I read that it has the variants ah and
oc, from Gmc *ake, with relatives in Gothic ak, Old Frisian âk, Old Saxon ak
and Old High German och. That's all that I can find;)

I accidentaly bumped into the conjugation of "ja" in the West-Flemish
dialect of Izegem somewhere on the net (also the declination of "nee" is
there), where even gender seems to be distinguished in the 3rd person sg.

1 sg joak
2 sg joaj/joag
3 sg masc. joaj, fem. joas, neut. joat

1 pl joam/joaw
2 pl joag
3 pl joas

The etymology of these forms is still very clear, the second element being k
< ik, j/g < je/ge, j/s/t < hij or ie/ze/het, m/w < me/we, g < gij, s < ze.

Diederik

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

Thanks, Diederik.

According to Pokorny, *ac* etc. goes back to Indo-European **aĝ-* 'to move',
'to swing', 'to drive', 'to lead'. Sounds weird, doesn't it? What is
supposed to be the semantic connection?

Reinhard/Ron
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