Dacian - /H/ -> seems not possible
From: alexandru_mg3
Message: 28062
Date: 2003-12-07
Hello Mr. Iacomi,
a) I want to ask you where you found Haprus for Dacian plant.
(<lat. apricus)
I have only a german version of Dioskurides where is marked :
Dakier Aprus.
Could you give me an url where Haprus appears?
b) Could we imagine that the Dacian had /H/ ?...I don't think so.
Despite some plant names at Dioskurides (in fact I found only
one : Hormia ) there is no other dacian toponym that contains /H/.
Also romanian loans from latin don't have /H/ either (this
logic is based on the supposition (-> need to be proved) that the
romanian substratum is a dacian one).
c) We only have romanian "hameS" (h~amesit) 'hungry' related to
albanian 'hame:s' (whitout /sh/ ?!).
d) Could everybody tell me if the latin loans in albanian
contain /H/ ? Or albanian 'inherited' words?
Best Regards,
marius a.