Re: [tied] Re: illyrian lexicon or inventory

On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 09:09:14 +0100, alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

>Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
>> On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 23:38:08 +0100, alex <alxmoeller@...>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Something strange here. Not only Alb. but even Greek seems to have
>>> developed this "y" in "gi". At least for rom. "jura" (< *giura) to
>>> swear, the shcolars see it as a loan from Greek.
>>
>> Which shcolars? Latin iu:ra:re < iouesa:- (from the same root as ju:s
>> "law") is not a loan from Greek.
>>
>
>Rosetti shows in its ILR )1968,pag. 113)the explanation of A. Philippide
>in "Altgrichische Elemente im Rumänischen" where Rom. "jura" must be
>explained trough Greek "giuros" ( gama-upsilon-tho-omikron-xi).

guros (gamma-upsilon-rho-omikron-sigma). Class.Greek /gy~ros/, Mod. Greek
/jíros/. Borrowed into Latin, verbal form gyrare > Spa. girar "to turn",
etc. Nothing to do with iu:ra:re "to swear".


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