[tied] Re: just a story

From: m_iacomi
Message: 15662
Date: 2002-09-21

--- In cybalist@..., alexmoeller@... wrote:

>> There is just a coincidence. Both parts from "al lui" come from
>> Latin, 'ad + illo' > 'al' and 'illui' > 'lui', as well as in
>> French, Italian and Occitan. The demonstrative 'illui' is even a
>> late vernacular Latin form which could not be related even in
>> dreams with any Thracian suffix.
>
> [Moeller]
> oh yes my dear. For you everything commes from latin.

No. Only a part, the essential. In agreement with most linguists'
views.

> Even the word "vãtui" which IS NOT the latin "vetus" but is just
> a simple lexical echivalence...

Indeed. <vãtui> < vitulus

> Does italians, french, occitans & another romance stuff call
> someone like the romanians "X" a lu "Y"?

Yes.

> Is this the genitiv form which I explained once beeing so
> simplified and in fact a dativ form here? Common Marius, some
> more questions:
> Did it indeed lat. ad > al in romanian?

No. As stated clearly at the beginning of this message (the
self-quote), Lat. ad + illo > Rom. al.

> Did it indeed lat illu> lui in romanian?

Late Latin illui > lui, in Romanian and other Romance languages
as previously stated.

> Do we have to look for ?

Look for what?

Cheers,
Marius Iacomi