[tied] Re: Albanian "dy"

From: m_iacomi
Message: 27269
Date: 2003-11-16

"alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

>> it hasn't. In fact there are no ancient forms in Rom. beside
>> "primul" which should be co-related to Latin primus, secundus,
>> tertius, etc.

There is still another one left: "anTãrT" < "annu(s) tertiu(s)".

>> The word "terts" is a loan from Italian "terzo"; DEX gives both
>> posiblities seing terts < Lat. tertio, It. terzo.

Romanian word "terT" is obviously neological -> not so useful for
the history of the language.

Marius Iacomi