Re: An "unusual" relation between English 'shell/should' and Serbian 'želeti' (wish)

On Oct 11, 6:58 am, "Paul J Kriha" <paul.nospam.kr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Harlan Messinger wrote:
Dušan Vukotić wrote:
English 'shell' is closely related to the Serbian verbs 'hteti',
'želeti' and 'žudeti' (want, wish; Russ. хотеть, желать; Cz. chtěl
wanted, po-žadavek want).

Old English 'scill' sounds almost the same as Serbian dialectal šćel-
(to want; Serb. hteli, hteo). It is an unbelievable stupidity to tell
that these words (shall, should) are in any connection with the OE
scealu (shell, husk; shell/husk is related to Serbian 'školjka' /
shell/).

That's awesome. In these two sentences, you tell us that your assertion
that English "shell" is related to Serbian "to want" is justified
*because* the words sound almost the same, and then you tell us that
*even though* certain other words sound almost the same, it is wrong to
imagine they are related. You make an argument in one sentence, and then
you reject the very same argument in the next as an "unbelievable
stupidity".

Does any one understand why and how are the words 'shell' and
'should') related the English verb 'ask'?

Does anyone understand why and how Gouda cheese and solenoid relays are
related?

Dushanesque response:
I built a solenoid relay out of gouda and almost succeded.
It is an unbelievable stupidity to tell(sic) that these words
(Gouda, solenoid) are not related.

There is obviously a connection. As we know, in many languages G has
become a zh sound, such as in French, and zh is almost like a s. On
the other hand, it is entirely thinkable that an intervocalic L is
diphthongized into u after o (ole -> ou). And as regards the "n", it
might have coalesced with the "d" into "nd", later becoming a mere
"d",

So, we have the ancient form *golenoid- -> *gound -> (possibly
nasalization of the diphthong ou as an intermediate stage) -> goud-.
The final vowels are a problem, but if we work on them, we will surely
arrive at a satisfactory Urform.
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