Re: [tied] cuman , slavic or balcanic?

--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:>
Romanian român (+ românesc, românca) is a late, artificially
Latinised form, emphasising the Latin etymology of the word. The
regular phonological development of <ro:má:n-> in Romanian was
<rumîn> with the historically normal change of pretonic o > u and of
stressed pre-nasal a > î (the original form of the adjective was
actually <rumînesc> with the borrowed suffix <-esc>, cf. Rus.
rumynskij).

How are the European Gypsy words explained? Any link with ro:ma:n-?

d.o_mbini_ f. [connected with Mu. words for 'drum']; d.om.ba, d.um.ba-
, d.om.bilaya (Pkt.); d.o_mba man of low caste living by singing and
music (Skt.); rom man, husband (Gypsy); romni woman, wife (Gypsy);
r.om a Gypsy; do_m a Nuri Gypsy; lom a Gypsy; damini woman
(SEeur.Gypsy); d.o_m pl. d.o_ma a D.om (D..); d.o_mb barber (Pas'.);
d.om musician, bandsman (Kho.); d.om a Dom (Sh.); d.u_mb, d.u_m m.,
d.u_mbi f. (K.); d.u_mu m., d.u_mr.i_ caste of wandering musicians
(S.); d.u_m m., d.u_mn.i_ f.; nat.-d.u_m menials (L.); d.u_m, d.omra_
m., d.u_mn.i_ strolling musician; d.u_mn.a_ a caste of basket-makers
(P.); d.um a very low-caste blackskinned fellow (WPah.); a low caste
(N.); d.u_m m., d.u_man an aboriginal hill tribe (Ku.); d.om m.,
d.umini f. fisherman (A.); d.om, d.am m., d.umni f. [d.ombi_ (OB.)] a
D.om (B.); d.oma m., d.oman.i_ f., d.uma, d.uman.i_, d.amba, d.ama,
d.aman.i_ a low caste who weave baskets and sound drums (Or.); d.o_m
a low caste of musicians (Bhoj.); d.omb, d.om, d.omr.a_, d.uma_r m.,
d.omni_ f. (H.); d.u_ma m., d.umar.i_ f. (OMarw.); d.o~b, d.om m.
(M.); romano_ adj. Gypsy; romano_ rai m. Gypsy gentleman; romani_ cib
Gypsy language (Gypsy)(CDIAL 5570). d.umaur.o habitation of the D.oms
(Ku.)(CDIAL 5571). d.uma_n.o D.om settlement (Ku.)(CDIAL 5572).