Odp: [tied] Re: Romanian and Slavic

--- In cybalist@..., S.Tarasovas@... wrote:

> --- In cybalist@..., tgpedersen@... wrote:
> > Anyway, the
> > idea was that *balt- in the word 'Baltic' and the names of the
> Danish
> > straits of Great and Little belt (Storebælt, Lillebælt) somehow
> > fitted in here, and how does that fit in with "100% Slavic"?
> >
> > Torsten
> >
>
> By majority opinion, Late Latin 'mare Balticum' reflexes some
> Germanic (?, but OE belt, OHG belt are treated as borrowing from
> Latin balteus themselves)

Somehow "balteus" jars in my ear with respect to being a native Latin
root?

Torsten

>
> Sergei