>... that is to account for reality of phonetical slip tendency
>[d] > [dz] > [z] already in Late Latin.
>
> Marius Iacomi
And still in use in Northern Romanian (Maramure$ and
Northern Moldavia): <dzî(ua)>, <dzi(ua)> (as it is in
other -d- > -z- words: <dzîce>, <Dumnedzau>, <dzèce>...