Re: [tied] mereu

From: Abdullah Konushevci
Message: 27748
Date: 2003-11-27

> To quote I. Fischer: "Romanian <mare> comes undoubtedly from
> Latin <mas> (accusative <marem>) `male`, but one has to suppose
> that meaning shift occured because of similarity with an
> autochtonous word (whose existence is suggested by Albanian
> <mallë> `big`)".

> Marius Iacomi
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Albanian <mallë> 'big'!!! Are you serious or are you kidding?

Konushevci

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