Re: [tied] Romanian Swadesh list -> 10% substratual

From: P&G
Message: 28282
Date: 2003-12-10

> ==> the sufix in 'oi' (diftong) on the 'basic' words such :
> Rom. Engl. Latin
> 'doi' - 'two' - 'dos'
> 'voi' - 'you pl.' - 'vos'
> 'voi' - 'will' - 'volere'
> 'noi' - 'we' - 'nos'
> 'apoi' - 'then' - 'ad post' (?!)
> 'oi' - 'sheep (pl.) - 'ovis'
> don't seems at all a Latin form.

It must have been a late Latin form. Compare Italian noi, voi, poi

Peter