[tied] Re: substratum

> > But how would the relationship Alb. madh <-> Rum. mare "big &

large &

> > great" look like? As in the former we see a [d] or [z] > dh, and

in the

> > latter an [VrV] (as a rhotacization of __?). (BTW, are these madh
> > and mare related to Ind. maha (maharadja, Mahavishnu, Mahatma)?)
>
> I wrote about that pair yesterday. I don't believe they are

related (but

> yes, <madh> is related to Gk. mega, Skt. maha-, Eng. mickle/much,

etc.;

> its <dh> is a reflex of *g^). See:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/23793
>
>
> Piotr

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I think that Albanian adjective <i madh> 'big' is derived from o-
grade form *mog- with regular evolution of /*o/ > /a/ and /*g/>/dh/.
This form, to my view, was preserved in some place name. like
Mogilla 'big village', probably the oldest one, and Magure 'larg
village', probably more recent one. I think that <mogilla> is an
extend form of *mog-, attested also in South Slavic languages,
through metathesis m - g > g - m, as gomila 'heap, pile (of stones,
etc)'.
I hope that these fact could enlight Romanian <mare>, as an
elliptical form of <mogilla >> ma(gi)lla or <ma(gu)re>> mare.

Konushevci