neal@druny.UUCP (Neal D. McBurnett) (01/21/85)
Well, here is my compilation of the responses I got. Thanks to all who contributed (named at the end)! I got so many equivalents for some words that I have left out some of the extra foreign derivations so the information will fit on one line. These puzzling words remain: ajn, anka^u, la^u, pri, tuj (defined below.) Any ideas? ^geni inconvenience Ger geniren; F gener ^sloso lock Ger schloss ^sra^ubi screw Ger Schraub a^ceti buy F acheter afero affair F affaire agi act agree, agent F agir bezoni need F besoin bildo picture Ger bild brako arm bracelet, brachial, brassiere! G brakhion bruo noise bruit, rumor F brut, L brugere? devi must F devoir; I devore diri say voir dire, L dicere dolori pain dolor, condole, indolent L dolere fari make fabricate? F faire; L facio fono background S fondo; F fond fermi close F fermer flava yellow L flavus flegi nurse Ger pflegen fu^si botch confuse? Ger verpfuschen grasa fat gross, Mardi Gras F gras; S grasa iri go L ire; S ir koro heart courage, cardiac L cor kruro leg L crus ku^si lie cushy? F etre couche kuri run course L cursus; cursive, IE kers manki lack F manquer; Ger mangeln? mateno morning matutinal L matuninus (Matuta, goddess of dawn meti put mete? F mettre montri show demonstrate S monstr; F montrer mur wall mural S muralla pa^so step F pas; S paso paroli speak parole: "word of honor" F parler I parlare perdi lose perdition (loss of soul) F perdre peza heavy S peso;F pesant; L penso plendi complain plaint, plaintiff, plague! L plangere po^so pouch, pocket F poche; pravi right R Pravda preni take prehensile, comprehend F prendre provi try probe, prove R probat; L probare sago arrow Sagitarius, Sagitta, sage. IE: seek out se^go chair sedan F seige sekvi follow sequel, second, sect L sequi semajno week S semana; F semaine soifi thirst F soif sveni faint F s'evanouir voli will volition, volunteer R vol; L volui zorgi concern sorrow Ger sorgen Prepositions and function words: ^car because F car; L qua re ^ce at F chez ^cirka^u around circa S cerca ^cu whether Pol czy? ^gis until Ger bis; F jusqua? a^u or S o; F ou; L aut ajn whatever almena^u at least S al menos; F au moins amba^u both ambidextrous S ambos anka^u also ankora^u still encore F encore; L hinc ad horam? anstata^u instead of stand? Ger anstatt anta^u before anterior, antique, ante- S antes apud beside L apud balda^u soon Ger bald dum during L dum heira^u yesterday F hier; L heri hodia^u today Ger heute, L hodie jam already S ya; L iam kaj and G kaj ke that F que; L qui kontra^u against contrary S, L contra krom besides R krom kun with S con; L cum kvasa^u as if L quasi la^u according to F a la? morga^u tomorrow Ger morgen nek neither Ger nun, L nec nun now IE nu nur only Ger nur ol than Ger als plej most pleistocene plena full plenty, replenish S pleno; F plein pli more pliocene plu further plus, plural F plus preska^u almost F presque preter past preterit, preternatural pri about se if S, F, L si sed but L sed sen without S sin; F sans; L sine sur on sur- F sur tamen nevertheless L tamen tro too much F trop, I troppo tuj immediately F=French G=Greek Ger=German I=Italian IE=Proto-Indo-European L=Latin Pol=Polish R=Russian S=Sanish I believe that the following derivations were wrong (although useful): devi must not E debt fono background not E foundation paroli speak not E parlous pravi right not E depraved E sect (cult) is related to sekvi, whereas biSECT comes from cut. Chris Henrich vax135!petsd!cjh Dave Bartley allegra!fluke!dbb Jack Waugh ulysses!seismo!rlgvax!jack Jim Gillogly decvax!randvax!jim Judy Grass uiucdcs!grass McDonald sum!mcdonald Nick Graham utcsrgv!utai!nick Prentiss Riddle ihnp4!ut-sally!riddle Tom Christianson ihnp4!uwvax!tom ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!wombat Please forgive me for any typos! -Neal McBurnett, ihnp4!druny!neal