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Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] cuman , slavic or balcanic?
> How are the European Gypsy words explained? Any link with
ro:ma:n-?
There's no etymological connection between Rom and Rome.
The <d.omba-> etymology is rather convincing and most widely accepted by
Romani experts. There are dissenting voices and alternative etymologies
(connecting Rom to Rama instead), but they appear to be excessively
Rom-antic.
Piotr