From: m_iacomi
Message: 27268
Date: 2003-11-16
>> derive from Latin (Greek loanword) <gyrus>. The point is debatableIt is not "a loan from Latin". It is called "a Latin inherited
>> 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").
>
> I see it too that "gingie" is a loan from Latin;