On the modern Greek origin of the Albanian KACA-prefixoids

Title:

On the modern Greek origin of the Albanian KACA-prefixoids

Creator:

Krimpas, Panagiotis G.

Identifier:

https://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/144470

Subject:

affixation, Albanian, Balkan linguistics, derivation, etymology, grammatical borrowing, historical linguistics, Modern Greek, KACA-prefixoid, uncertain etymon, and Balkan Studies

Type:

Article

Format:

text/pdf

Description:

This article argues that, contrary to current views, the Albanian prefixoid kaca- (e.g. kacadre 'stag beetle' < dre 'stag; deer'), as well as its occasional variants kaça-, kaci-, kaçi- and kacu- (e.g. kaçadredhë 'curled object; curl; curl of hair' < dredhë 'twist, curve, curl'; kacimare 'water chestnut' < mare 'strawberry tree and its fruit'; kaçirubë 'crest; rooster's comb; forelock; mane' < rubë '(black) kerchief; head kerchief; handkerchief'; kacubri 'beetle' < bri 'horn; antenna') are neither just expressive, nor borrowed from the Greek prefix kata- [κατα- ], but rather from identical Modern Greek prefixoids, all of which may ultimately go back to the Greek word άκανθα 'thorn; spine', which is most probably also the source of Modern Greek katsarós [κατσαρός] 'curly' and possibly variously connected with other Albanian and Modern Greek words denoting pointedness, sharpness, scaliness, protrusion, roughness and the like. Such conclusions are reached through a close diachronic and synchronic examination and comparison of phonological, morphological and semantic properties of those affixes and lexemes.

Language:

English

Rights:

unknown
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Relation:

https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/en/handle/11222.digilib/135220
https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/en/_flysystem/fedora/pdf/144470.pdf

Harvested from:

Digital Library of Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University

Metadata only:

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Date:

2021