Re: [tied] Re: yellow

> <<"Romanian "alb" cannot be of
> Latin origin, since in the territory of the ancient Dacian-Moesian-
> Thracian & Illyrian populations there were toponyms such as
> "Alboca", as well as populaces known (in Latin) as "Albocensi">>.

This is a poor piece of logic. The existence of "alb-" in some substrate
does not stop Romanians continuing to use the Latin word Albus as well,
either with the same or with different meaning.

Peter