Re: [tied] Romanian Swadesh list

08-12-03 10:58, Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

> I'm not sure about:
>
> neck gât/gît origin?

Slavic (*gUlt-, with vocalised *l)

> foot picior

Latin (<petio:lus>)

> bite mu$ca (like Spa. mascar < masticare?)

Possibly.

> kill omorî

Slavic (<umoriti>)

> cloud nor

Latin? (nu:b(i)lu- > *nul-? I can't explain the lowering)

> ash(es) frasin (< fraxinu the tree?)

This is an obvious mistake. It should be <scrum> 'ashes' (etymology?) or
cenu$ã (deriv. of Lat. cinis), not <frasin> 'ash-tree'

Piotr