Re: a, nu...

In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "altamix" wrote:

>> ... conveniently forgetting about other Romance derivatives with
>> similar meanings and major phonetical difficulties (for instance:
>> Albanian substrate "vjedh(ull)" corresponds to Romanian "viezure"
>> and the alleged correspondence between Albanian "vjetër" and
>> Romanian "bãtrân" with "vje-" <-> "bã-" is just a dream).
>
> Nonsense. In the word viedh(ulle) both languages have had the
> stress since the old /e/ became in both /ie/.
> In the another, the stress is different and thus, in Albanian is
> /ie/ and in Rom. as expected /ã/ thus , there is nothing strange
> here, but perfectly regular. [...]

Funny to see you writing down words you don't understand, as
"nonsense". The stem was stressed for both Albanian roots. In
order to explain Romanian "bãtrân" through "*vét-" (note the
position of the stress) you have to make a lot of unrealistic
assumptions, including stress dislocation. Nobody can take
seriously in consideration your hypothesis since other Romance
derivatives indicate crystal clear words' origin.

Marius Iacomi