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Proto-MSA
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PWS
*khl
- to be able
(Kogan 2015: 86)
See also PNWS
*ykl
with the same meaning
PWS
*kry
- to dig
(Kogan 2015: 118)
PWS
*ksw
- to cover
(HALOT 487, DUL 461)
PWS
*ktb
- to sting, to carve
(Kogan 2015: 213)
PWS
*ḳVbl
- before, in front of, opposite to
(Arakelova 2001:47)
This preposition is considered to be derived from
*ḳbl
‘to be in front of; to accept, to receive’.
PWS
*kwn
- to be
(Kogan 2015: 86)
Akk.
kânu
‘to be firm in place, to remain stationary, to be reliable, correct’ provides a suitable source of semantic development
PWS
*ḳˁr
- to be deep, concave; to make a hollow
(HALOT 1116)
PWS
*ḳbl
- to face, to be in front of
(Kogan 2015: 87)
PWS
*ḳdḥ
- to light up fire
(SED I 297 (note to No. 35v))
PWS
*ḳīḳ(-at)-
- egg
(SED No. 160)
A difficult case. Meanings differ substantially, though all semantic shifts appear plausible, like ‘egg’ > ‘testicle’ in Hbr. pB. (cf. Rus. яичко meaning both ‘little egg’). and ‘testiculus’).
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