Re: [tied] Re: Crows and Garlands

> 21-08-03 12:56, Abdullah Konushevci wrote:
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>> I am afraid that Hungarian <szarka> and Romanian <tzarka> are derived
>> from Slavic _¹arka_ 'colored bird' (cf. ¹ara 'spot' with big family
>> of derivatives, <¹aren> 'spotted, colored', _¹arolik_ 'id.',
>> <¹arolikost> 'full-coloredness', etc.). To this conclusion leads also
>> Albanian _laraskë_ 'magpie' < larë 'spot' + -skë (adjectival suffix).
>> The same meaning has also <sorrëshkinë> 'spotted bird, magpie'.

If the Rom. word is from Slavic, then it cannot be a direct loan from
Slavic but a loan trough an intermediary language.
The Hungarian "sz" is pronounced "s"; Slavic have has "s" not "T". It
cannot be explained the "T" in Rom. trough Slavic or Hungarian.

Alex