Re: Romanian and Slavic

--- In cybalist@..., gpiotr@... wrote:

> --- In cybalist@..., "Rex H. McTyeire" <rexbo@...> wrote:
>
> > I dunno...proto-slavic may be a Russian invention ..like

Scythia :-)

> > Marsh is "mlastina" , and "balta" is just water that goes

away....slowly.

> > (Carefully preserved ?)
>

[snip]

Another quibble:

> Slavic *bolto is attested with a range of meanings that

include 'mud', 'puddle, pool', 'marsh, wetland' and the like. The
Romanian meanings of balta ('pond, floodplain') are well within that
range. >

> Balta < *bolto is a rare example of an *early* Slavic loan in
>Romanian

[snip]

> The other known examples are dalta 'chisel' < *dol(b)to- and
>gard 'fence' < *gordU.

Da. gård 'farm, yard', gærde 'fence'. (Danish farms are typically
four houses arranged in a square, leaving an open space between them).
Considering my other mail (about "Illyrian" *balta-), were these
words all Slavic?

Torsten

> Piotr