Proto-Germanic *krepja- and Proto-Slavic ^krepb "strong"
2010; Volume: 38; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
0092-2323
Autores Tópico(s)Historical and Archaeological Studies
ResumoIn the present article, I argue that the received etymological connection of Proto-Germanic * kraftu- 'power' with ON kraefr 'strong' is misleading, because the adjective 1) does not mean 'strong' and 2) must be analyzed as a direct derivation from ON krefja 'to demand'. Alternatively, we may connect *kraftu- with *krepja-, a formation that I reconstruct on the basis of the Visperterminen Swiss form xreepfe 'strong'. This adjective was possibly borrowed into Slavic, so as to emerge as Old Church Slavonic krěpb 'strong'.
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