Re: [tied] Re: Proto-Albanian

From: P&G
Message: 21580
Date: 2003-05-07

> >> Latin "silvaticus". In Old Latin it was "salvaticus"
> > I am not aware of this. Can you give examples which are not mere
> > spelling mistakes?

> "silvaticus" seit Cato [ vlt. und rom. "salvaticus"=wild unter
> Ahnlehnung an "salvare"]

As your own dictionary makes perfectly clear, Alex, this spelling "salv-" is
not the early or old form of the word, but a misspelling under the influence
of another word.

Try again.

Peter