Re: [tied] Re: Albanian-Romanian Concordances

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 20948
Date: 2003-04-11

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From: "m_iacomi" <m_iacomi@...>
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Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 6:18 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Albanian-Romanian Concordances


>"Barzã" means `stork`; out of that there is "bar(d)z(u)" meaning `light grey, white`; the form with dz is to be found in southern dialects.

PIE *bH(e)rh2g^- 'black & white', as in the 'birch' word, isn't it? This would confirm the change of *r.H > ar/__C in Albanian, as opposed to *r. > ri/__C

Piotr