How humans have made the words? How they created father, grandfather, great grandfather meanings?. We have in Albanian and English these forms: 1. * at 'father' 2. * gjysh 'grandfather' 3. * stërgjysh ' great grandfather' The basic meaning of #1: the root is: at ' father'. In all European languages the “at” is the unattached particle. Only in Albanian it is a really word, not a particle. It is so clear the first part of the word father is from Albanian * at ‘father. In the geg Tirana dialect it is also * tate . Ancient Greek átta ‘daddy’, etc.); Albanian words for father and grandfather has two basic roots that have the capability of standing alone. The English word grandfathe r has the added suffix- grand : having higher rank than others of the same category. It is very clear that the word “grandfather” is created after the word “father”, through suffix grand , adding a new signification to the basic meaning of the first te...
The comparative method of etymology, which is a traditional approach in historical linguistics, has some weaknesses compared to my method. The comparative method primarily focuses on comparing words across languages, looking for similarities and cognates. My method, on the other hand, delves deeper into the semantic and metaphorical connections within a language, revealing more nuanced relationships. Copyright © 2024 Fatmir Iliazi