Re: [tied] numeral ( it was Romanian Swadesh list -> 10% substratua

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

> 09-12-03 19:53, alex wrote:
>
>> Vegliote have had stil "tra". Miguel is wrong here about
>> EasternRomance or he will explain that the trei > tra in velgiote.
>
> If It. re : Dalm. ra 'king', then It. tre 'three' : Dalm. ... ? (you
> can solve this proportional equation yourself). Dalmatian underwent
> rather complicated vowel shifts and the original Eastern Romance
> qualities were throroughly modified there.
>
> Piotr

Latin /e:/ > PBR /e/;
Latin tre > Vegliot "tra", Italin Re: - Vegliot Ra.
Perfect for Vegliote and Italian and Latin; No place for Romanian here.

there is one, absolutely no one example of Latin /e:/ becoming in Rom.
"ei". The only one where you want to find it is the 3 "trei". It seems
it is enough to make a rule out of it. Do it, I have nothing against it
since the poor Thracians are all dead and cannot come here to say: Pani
Piotr, co ti tam delas^i?

Alex