Re: [tied] Re: Numerals query again

Richard Wordingham wrote:

> Sorry for the empty posting - an internet connectivity problem.
>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
>
>> My questions here are:
>> -in fact how can be explained this reduction of "patru" to "pai"?
>> -why is this countig system considered a Slavic one since the Alb.
>> presents the same way to count?
>
> I think Alex's second question is, 'Why are Romanian and Albanian
> believed to have borrowed the system from Slavic, rather than say
> Slavic borrowing it from Getic, Albanian inheriting it from Getic,
> and Romanian retaining it as a substrate?'.
>
> Richard.

smart:-)
This is funny car from Mercedes but in this case I am not talking about
cars. You anticipated well.
The parallels with Albanian for all numerals from 1 to 10 and from 11 to
19 seems to be a strong argument. ( even for "one" in Alb. despite
Piotr's objection and Hamps thoughts).



Alex