From: alex
Message: 22748
Date: 2003-06-06
>Funny to see you doing so as you nothing now.
> 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