>I hope that these fact could enlight Romanian <mare>, as an
>elliptical form of <mogilla >> ma(gi)lla or <ma(gu)re>> mare.
Thank you; I'm not sure Rum. <mare> will shine in a new
light, but <mogilla> and <magure> seem to be precious
hints with respect to other words: Rum. <moghila/movila>
"heap, hillock," <mãgura> "hill, mountain, peak." Yet the
Romanian dictionary recommends the reader to compare
the latter word with Alb. <magullë>. Does this one belong
to the same Alb. mog-/mag- group? (As for Rum. <movila>
or <moghila>, acc. to the same source, < Old Sl. <mogyla>.)
>Konushevci
George