--- In balkanika@yahoogroups.com, "Alvin Ekmekciu" <Ekmekciu@...> wrote:
>
> Hello !
>
> Is there any known etymology for Albanian Tok� 'earth'.
>
> Regards
> Alvin E.
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There are many attempts to explain Alb tokë 'earth' with variant trokë
'surface, earth'. Most plausible is Çabej's etymology, that ties Alb
tokë and trokë, together with truall belong to the same derivatives as
Alb verb ter 'to dry'. He derived it from *tre:ka:. The lost of -r- is
characteristic also for kezë < krezë etc.
PIE root was *ters- 'to dry' with clear cognate in Latin terra:
through Italic *terso-, *tersa, IE *te:rs-. In PIE syllable structure
CVRC, consonant plus vocal plus resonant plus consonant, changed
regularly to CRVC. Alb truall 'land, terrain, country' seems to be
from *tre:s-lo with regular -sl- > -ll- phonetic mutation.

Konushevci