Ancient Balkan Languages - Proto Slavic Words

[makedonin]

Here is some more:

Proto-IE: *bhabh-

Meaning: bean

Slavic: *bobъ

Germanic: *bau-nō(n-) f. < *bab-n-ō

Latin: faba f. `Bohne'

Other Italic: Falisc haba 'Bohne'

Russ. meaning: растение (боб)

References: WP II 131

http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/res...piet&first=241

Interesting reference: A GRAMMAR OF MODERN INDO-EUROPEAN

[makedonin]

From the A GRAMMAR OF MODERN INDO-EUROPEAN I posted above:

The IE Indo-European verb dō, give
Phryg. dadón
Modern Macedonian Dade(n) to give (given)

The Phrygian connection.

[Soldier of Macedon]

So would that also be related to 'Bobinka', those nuts?

[Risto the Great]

While we are at it (and since I claim Macedonian superiority being from Dolno Kotori ) ... how about "arno" or "aren". Who else uses it?

[Risto the Great]

A Russian Jew came to my place last night. Long story I hope to tell here at some other time, but I asked him if he knew "razbuda" .... he said "razbudit". And was quite surprised at the connection.

[Delodephius]

In Slovak we use bôb, fazuľa and hrach for different types of bean plants. Bôb and fazuľa are reserved for beans, hrach means peas. We also use mauny for green beans (zelený bôb), or what Serbs call boranija. The diminutive of hrach is hrášok. (In Slovak g>h, not like Macedonian or Serbian x, but like in English h, as in house or horse.)

[makedonin]

Indo-European bháres-/bhars-, spelt, barley, grain

Phryg. brisa
OCS brašĭno
Modern Macedonian Brashno > flour from barley, grain or spelt.

[El Bre]

While we are at it (and since I claim Macedonian superiority being from Dolno Kotori ) ... how about "arno" or "aren". Who else uses it?

Arno, Aren / Arna are very common in my kneck of the woods. Althogh, in Canada these words have been replaced with the undoubtedly Indo-European - ORRIGHT.

Sho Priash?
ORRIGHT Sum!

[El Bre]

Which do you use?

Kookja or Kushtcha?

Jabolko or Lapka?

and where are you from?

[Risto the Great]

Lerinsko:
Kukja
(J)abolka ... sometimes the J is not heard.

[El Bre]

My Dad, who is also from the Lerin area, uses jabolko (actually jaboko) and kukja, where as my Mom, who is from northern Kostur uses lapka and kushtcha.

[Pelister]

El bre, are you a statichanec?

My family from that village use the words jaboko, and kukja too, but the word for fork is shtipka I think.

[Soldier of Macedon]

Shtipka is a peg in my dialect, like when you hang your clothes up.

Aren and Arno are used extensively by all people from Bitola, and I am sure among most other Macedonians. Jabolko or Jaboko (depending on the context and laziness, lol), Sega or Sea (depending on the context), Kukja only in my neck of the woods.

I have said it before and I will say it again, the Kostur dialect is one of the most interesting and archaic-sounding of all Macedonian dialects.

[El Bre]

Shtipki seems to be used for anything that makes a pinching action, from clothespegs as SoM mentioned to tongs.

Yes Pelister, half of my family is from Statitsa. The word for fork is vilitchka.

[Soldier of Macedon]

I say Vilushka for fork.