gs001ns@... wrote:
> alex_lycos wrote:
>> But did an "ie" monoftongued to "e"?
>> The substrate vord "viezure" shows the contrary
>
> I don't get your hint here. The other way around, e > ie,
> yes, I can think of "fer, pept/chept, ferbe" > "fier,
> piept, fierbe" in standard Romanian and in your
> subdialect
>
>> Alex
>
> George
Common George, all the topsy- torvy you make here will never make from
"i" an "a".
The "i" become not an "a". As native speaker you know an "ie" is the
result of diphtongation of "e"
(lepore > iepure) pectus > piept, ferveo > fierbe. )
"Musteatsa" shows the diftongation of "a" to "ea" . In so far you need
an "a" there for having "vearza" and this "a" is the one you wont have
from a form with "i" like "viridis" in Romanian. Got the point?
I mentioned Baltic "varda", and we can ask ourselves what about the old
river "Axios" called by bulgarians and peonians (?) "Varda", actualy in
Macedonia. The Albanian word "vardha" means row and cascade I am not
sure if there is any relationship here. But you see the form with "a"
which could give "e" and "i" is the only one which can be discussed
here.
I don't see what is so hard to accept that you cannot get it from
"viridia", where is the problem at all?
Alex