Re: [tied]rym

From: alex
Message: 22858
Date: 2003-06-08

m_iacomi wrote:
>> Romanus was used in Latin with reference to the Romans, or do
>> you mean something else?
>
> I fail to see the point of your question. I said that the ethnic
> name "rumân" [with its dialectal (Aromanian & Istroromanian) and
> subdialectal forms] is the result of regular evolution of the Latin
> word "ro:ma:nus". Consequently, the word was used uninterruptedly
> by Balkan Romance-speaking population, from Late Latin up to nowdays
> Romanians. That's all.
>
> Cheers,
> Marius Iacomi


Should the albanian denomination (remër) come from something else as
from Romanus ?