Re: [tied] Re: illyrian lexicon or inventory

m_iacomi wrote:

> derive from Latin (Greek loanword) <gyrus>. The point is debatable
> but I would tend to agree with Rosetti & Philippide since AP 28
> ("gyrus non girus") already gives an account on how was the word
> pronounced in Late Latin, and Latin /gi/ gives Romanian /g^i/
> (as in "gingiva" > "gingie").
> Marius Iacomi

I see it too that "gingie" is a loan from Latin; if it should have been
a substratual word I should have expected an "â" there; the Rom. own
words from the same root (*geng-) are "gânguri" and "gângãvi" with their
derivatives; DEX see here onomatopeas or loans from Slavic (gângav < Sl.
go~gnavU)

Alex