Re: substratum

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, g <george.st@...> wrote:

>
> >I hope that these fact could enlight Romanian <mare>, as an
> >elliptical form of <mogilla >> ma(gi)lla or <ma(gu)re>> mare.
>
> Thank you; I'm not sure Rum. <mare> will shine in a new
> light, but <mogilla> and <magure> seem to be precious
> hints with respect to other words: Rum. <moghila/movila>
> "heap, hillock," <mãgura> "hill, mountain, peak." Yet the
> Romanian dictionary recommends the reader to compare
> the latter word with Alb. <magullë>. Does this one belong
> to the same Alb. mog-/mag- group? (As for Rum. <movila>
> or <moghila>, acc. to the same source, < Old Sl. <mogyla>.)
>
> >Konushevci
>
> George

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Even I can't find this word in today's dictionaries and I am not
aware of its meaning, I think, comparing <mogilla> and <magure>, it
should be, furthermore, much oldest form.

Konushevci