From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 18672
Date: 2003-02-10
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From: <richard.wordingham@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 10:46 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: Balkan Serpents (was: alb. gji (breast))
> As I see it, the derivation should start serpens >
> serpe:s > serpe: > sErpe.
It was normally that way in Romance. I was just thinking of a way to find a common denominator for the Albanian and Romanian words. If the Albanian word is inherited, then of course the standard explanation of <$arpe> is preferable.
Piotr