A few words of delight
Lith. lokšniis "tender, etc" is traced back, by way of dissimilation, to *losk-snii-, derived with the adjectival suffix -snii-, productive in Baltic, from the I.-E. stem of Slavic laska, Lat. lasc-tvus, etc. In the second part of the paper the autor pleads for distinguishing, in Slavic be...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute for the Serbian Language, Belgrade
2005-01-01
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| Series: | Južnoslovenski Filolog |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-185X/2005/0350-185X0561011H.pdf |
| Summary: | Lith. lokšniis "tender, etc" is traced back, by way of dissimilation, to *losk-snii-, derived with the adjectival suffix -snii-, productive in Baltic, from the I.-E. stem of Slavic laska, Lat. lasc-tvus, etc. In the second part of the paper the autor pleads for distinguishing, in Slavic between tgg'' "peace" = OLith. mieras, Latv. miers < Balto-Slavic *mei-ro "pleasure, leisure", akin to *mei-lo- "agreeable, kind", and tlg'' "κόσμος" < *"binding, linkage", to I.-E. *mei- "bind, link" in Skt. mitra- "friend" Avest. miθra- "contract", etc. |
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| ISSN: | 0350-185X |