Re: [tied] Re: Some Albanian-Romanian concordances

Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

>>> kalë(alb) - horse(eng) - cal(rom)
> Both from Celtic via Latin caballus 'id.'

not sure. The word under the forms "cele" & "celere" is attested long
time before any caballus.

>
>> lepur - rabbit/hare - iepure
>> ligj - law - lege
> [AK]
> Both from Lat. lepus, oris 'id.' and lex, -gis 'id.'

Hmm.. . See Rom. "lãbuS" and rom. "labã" for Latin "lepus". It seemps
pretty an interesting word.

>> peshk - fish - peshte
>> piktor - painter - pictor
> [AK]
> Both form Lat. piscis 'id.' and pictor 'id.'

Actually the Latin word is a loan from Greek. But do we not expect here
an "ph" for the Greek word?

>
>> prapë - afresh - proaspat
> [AK}
> First from PIE *apo-, second I don't know

Explained as a loan from Greek ( Rom. "proaspãt")

>
>> qen - dog - caine
>> shkollë - school - shcoala
> [AK]
> Both from Lat. canis 'id.' and schola 'id.'

See Thracian "cane". "Scoalã" is a neologism in Rom.

>
>> çliroj - release - siroi=ploaie dezlantuita<meaning "released rain">
> [AK]
> First is Lat. loan <i lirë> 'free' < liber 'id.'; çliroj is prefixed
> form of the verb <liroj> 'to free'

Hmmm.. does is ? Both languages Rom & Alb prefixed the Latin word? I
doubt. The rom. "Shiroi" is derivative of "Sir"=row.