Re: [tied] Re: slavic "dalto"

--- Abdullah Konushevci <akonushevci@...>
wrote:

> > > I agree that Alb. dalta 'chisel' and probabley
> Rom. too can't be
> > Slavic loans.

> > > Rather we may talk in other direction: that
> Slavic dlato through
> metathesis of liquids is a loan from Albanian or
> Romanian language.
> >
> >(Piotr) So, I suppose is OPr. dalptan ;-)?

*****GK:1. The primal Slavic form *dla/o/to existed
prior to 800 AD.
2. At that time Albanian and Romanian would have been
located south of the Danube, in the highlands, among
South Slavic dialects.
3. The pre-metathetic contacts would thus have lasted
approximately 250 years (perhaps longer). Plenty of
time for the borrowing to occur. Piotr's analysis
sounds quite convincing.******

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