Re: Romanian and Slavic

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

> --- In cybalist@..., "Rex H. McTyeire" <rexbo@...> wrote:

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

Romanian. >

> Piotr

What always astonished me is a (never commented?) BALTIC loan in
Romanian: doina (Rex, correct the spelling in case it's wrong,
please) 'folk song and dance' (correct the semantics as well, if...)
< (?) Baltic *daina: 'song'. Any ideas?

Sergei