Hello Piotr,
Monday, December 8, 2003, 1:35:09 PM, you wrote:
Latin? (nu:b(i)lu- >> *nul-? I can't explain the lowering)
>> ash(es) frasin (< fraxinu the tree?)
PG> This is an obvious mistake. It should be <scrum> 'ashes' (etymology?)
In Albanian it's "Shkrump", in Bulgarian "Skrum", so it should be
of Dacian/Thracian/Illyrian origin.
PG> or
PG> cenu$ã (deriv. of Lat. cinis), not <frasin> 'ash-tree'
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