Re[2]: Romanian Swadesh list

From: g
Message: 28174
Date: 2003-12-08

>PG> This is an obvious mistake. It should be <scrum> 'ashes' (etymology?)
>
>In Albanian it's "Shkrump", in Bulgarian "Skrum"

<Ash> in English means both Rum. <cenuS&> + <scrum> and Rum.
<frasin> (the tree) (compare with German <Esche> (Fraxinus excelsior)).

>so it should be of Dacian/Thracian/Illyrian origin.

I'd rather say <<it might be of ... origin>>.

>Best regards,
> Bogdan

George