03-09-03 18:56, alex wrote:
> Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:
>> Really? So names like "blackbird", "(robin) redbreast" and "greylag"
>> are atypical?
>
> So far I know yes, they are atypical.
What can I say? I could quote similar names from various languages
almost ad infinitum. Face the facts, Alex: birds are _often_ identified
on the basis of their colours. Anyway, Alb. bardhë and Arom. bardzu are
_evidently_ related, and to question the connection between the latter
and Standard Rom. barzã is to deny the obvious. The chain of evidence is
comlete and I rest my case, m'lud.
Piotr