Re: [tied] Re: Dumnezeu

Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
>> Abdullah Konushevci wrote:
>>> And it is probably inherited from Latin paradigm: Moesia Superior
>>> and Moesia Inferior.
>>
>> calc or how? There is no "superior" in Rom. but "sus", and there
> is no
>> "inferior" but "jos".
>> (I mean here inherited forms of superior and inferior)
>>
>> sus= up, cf. DEX < latin susum ( = sursum)
>> jos= donw, cf DEX < lat deo[r]sum
>>
>> alex
> ************
> Yes, in the sense of calque linguistique of the same paradigm,
> otherwise how could bee Albanians (Dumnica) e Epërme 'Superior,
> upper' or (Dumnica) e Poshtme 'Inferior, lower' inherited by Latin.
>
> Konushevci

That is explanable and I agree with. But a calque means translation in
the own language of the expresion from the another language. Speaking
clear, Latin "superior" was translated into Romanian as "sus" and Latin
"inferior" was transalted into Romanian as "jos". And that sounds
funny..

alex