From: alex_lycos
Message: 21926
Date: 2003-05-15
>> It should make your day, specialy when you will find out that romMein Lieber, ich möchte es nicht gerne sagen aber es wäre ratsam ab und
>> "bât", ill<rian "veter" (actual< alb vjetër) are more old as
>> the Latin vetus & veteranus . The rom. word is the most old
>> of them since the form is with "b" as expected from PIE *gW.
> If you ask for explanations I won't be sad, but if I tell you that
> gW > b in Rom. and /b/ > /v/ _just
>
> Immer das gleiche Spruechlein kraechzt Jakobs Elster!
> We chewed this many a time both on r-lang and here
> So why bothering giving a darn on all input you got
> since you've convinced yourself anyway that your pal
> Mr Vinerean is right, and the rest of the world is
> ignorant? So, don't worry, be happy. :=)
>:-) was du nicht sagst.
>> Mr. Iacomi, the rothacism is athested in Latin already, even the
>> rothacism of intervocalic /n/ not only of /l/. I guess you don't
>> ask me seriously to bring you some examples, do you?
>
> Why not? Go ahead, perhaps it'll be additional
> nutrimentum spiriti on the list
>
> George