Re: [tied] Re: Yugoslawia

In article <002301c3fd5c$7c925810$152ca8c0@...> alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
. . .

> Hmmm.. so indeed the Common Slavic or ProtoSlavic lost too the initial
> "s"?. I very doubt since if true, but I remember about some opinions
> which says that SerboCroatian was heavy influenced by Albanian as
> well. At least so Gunar Svane when he speaks about the difference
> appeared between Bulgarian And Serbo-Croatian.

"Jug" is the standard word for "south" in all the Slavic languages and
has been since their ealiest attestation.

I suspect that the pre-eleventh century influence of Albanian on Russian
and Polish was minimal.

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