[tied] Re: Albanian "dy"

From: Peter P
Message: 27246
Date: 2003-11-15

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
> Peter P wrote:
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
> >
> >> More, maybe should be interesting to see that "trei" was in Greek
> > too
> >> "trei" and there is no "i" in Lat. "tres". The apparition of "i"
in
> > doi
> >> and "trei" is due analogy to each other ("doi" influenced
by "trei"
> > and
> >> "trei" influenced by "doi"), etc.
> >
> >> Alex
> >
> > Latin tria - three. No /i/??
> >
> > Peter P
> >
>
> and where is "e"?:-)))
>

In the masculine and feminine forms
'Tria' is neuter.


> from that form "tria" you wont get the "trei" in Rom.
> Since you mentionated it, in Rom. for saying "the tirth" in
feminine is
> "a treia"; be sure there is no Latin continuation there since
the /i/
> never gets an /ei/ in Rom. It is a simply feminine "-a" suffixation
of
> "trei"
>
> Alex

In the case of 'third' I wonder if Latin 'tertia' has anything to do
with the Romanian word?

Peter P