Re[2]: [tied] Romanian Swadesh list

From: Bogdan Giusca (disc)
Message: 28134
Date: 2003-12-08

Hello Piotr,

Monday, December 8, 2003, 1:35:09 PM, you wrote:

Latin? (nu:b(i)lu- >> *nul-? I can't explain the lowering)

>> ash(es) frasin (< fraxinu the tree?)

PG> This is an obvious mistake. It should be <scrum> 'ashes' (etymology?)

In Albanian it's "Shkrump", in Bulgarian "Skrum", so it should be
of Dacian/Thracian/Illyrian origin.

PG> or
PG> cenu$ã (deriv. of Lat. cinis), not <frasin> 'ash-tree'

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