| Title: | The Romanian îns, ins ‘Person, Human Being’ and its Roots in Proto-Indo-European |
| Author: | Ana R. Chelariu |
| Publication: | Philologica Jassyensia, IX (2), p. 121-124 |
| p-ISSN: | 1841-5377 |
| e-ISSN: | 2247-8353 |
| Publisher: | Institutul de Filologie Română „A. Philippide” |
| Place: | Iaşi |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Abstract: | The Romanian noun ins, îns, meaning ‘person, human being’ has traditionally been explain through the Latin demonstrative pronoun ipse (-a, -um) ipsus, ‘that very, just that, self’, in spite of the phonetic difficulties. This paper offers a new perspective on the subject, relating the Romanian isogloss to the Proto-Indo-European form *haénsus ‘god, spirit, vital force’ as reconstructed by Mallory-Adams in their latest work. Recent studies of isolated Indo-European languages, such as Burushanski, may bring new and interesting perspectives in comparative linguistics. |
| Key words: | Romanian language, etymology, Proto-Indo-European language, Latin language, comparative linguistics |
| Language: | English |
| Links: |  pdf  html |
Citations to this publication: 1
| 1 | Florin Sterian | Bibliografia românească de lingvistică (BRL, 59, 2016). Lucrări de lingvistică apărute în țara noastră în cursul anului 2016 | LR, LXVI (2), 123-269 | 2017 | pdf html |
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