[tied] Basilica ( it was Re: Historical impications )

In no dictionary I can find the word 'biserica'. Indeed, the word
<biserka> 'church' was found in some argot of some bricklayers in
mountain of Sharr, but it must be a loan from Rom. <biserica> and
was not spoken by Albanians. Otherwise, the common word for <church>
is "kishë", an aphetic form of Greek word via Latin <ecclesia>,
through regular evolution /kl/ > k in Gegë dialect and /s/ > /sh/.
And, at last, at most all Albanian religious dictionary is from
Latin, because Albanians were christianized before the Slavs
invasion in Balkan, and this present the rare pearl of Latin loans
in Albanian.

Konushevci
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--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
> > A few tidbits I found, although not much help:
> > Elcock "The Romance Languages" (1960) writes: [ECCLESIA
gained]in
> > the fifth century a marked ascendency over the rival word
BASILICA,
> > a much earlier borrowing into Latin."
> > Buck's "Synonyms" has: Lat. 'basilica' ... hence
Rum. 'biserica',
> > also Alb., Vegliot and Rhaeto-Roman words for 'church'
> > Dan
>
>
> I wonder about the Albanian word. I could not find it and the only
one
> given is "kishë". Maybe Abdullah can help here with a word which
is not
> in the dictionary.
>
>
> alex