--- In balkanika@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3"
<alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:
>
>
> I wonder what could be the PIE origin of the Romanian verbal
prefix a-
>
> a-dormi
> a-muTi
> a-Tipi
>
> etc...
>
>
> Even its meaning is hard to identify :
>
> a) I don't think that is an intensive prefix
> b) I don't think that is related to <<Latin in>> because the PIE
*en-
> gave *en > In in Romanian & Albanian see In-Tepeni, In-Lemni etc...
>
> Any feedback?
>
> Marius
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I think, if it is common with Albanian prefix a-, it should be from
PIE *ad-'to, near, at', attested in Albanian words a-bolla 'so that,
in order that', a-varí 'together, all together', a-var 'seed corn
hung up from the rafters to dry', a-vis 'to approach, get close', a-
rrotulla 'around, about'. About their etymology, see my oppinion in
Wiktionary: Fjalori i trashëguar i shqipes.

Konushevci