Re: [tied] Albanian (Was: Husk)

I would have thought that Albanian <b�rzoll�>, <b�rzholl�>, etc.,
"chop," was a Balkanism of Slavic origin--cf. Serbian/Croatian(?)
<prz^olica>, Bulgarian <pUrz^ola>, from a verb represented by S/C
<prz^iti>, "to fry, toast, roast," Bulg. <pUrz^a>, Czech <praz^it>, etc.
Also, Mod. Greek <mpriz�la>, Turkish <pirzola>, both meaning "chop."
In Balkan Romance as well? My only hesitation about a Slavic source
is that <-ol-> does not strike me offhand as a common suffix in Slavic.
Maybe this word has already been discussed.

Jim Rader
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> I didn't like to be involved in this question, but because once was
> mentioned Alb. word <b�rxoll�> 'chop' by Alex as an inherited word and
> because we are talking about <husk>, I wish to point out much more one
> phenomenon in Albanian phonology. When /i/ or /a/ is unstressed and
> preceded by clusters pl- and br- they yield in Albanian /�/. So,
> <b�rcoll�> or <b�rzoll�> is probably a loan from Ventian <brisiola>
> (or It. braciola 'id').