Re: [tied] Romanian Swadesh list -> 10% substratual

From: P&G
Message: 28281
Date: 2003-12-10

>Romanian 'trei' :
> - also with its form 'tri' -> basic form in NW of the country
> don't seem to me related to Latin 'tres'
> - it contains an 'i' (present in PIE) that Latin form had lost

Latin tres is a standard -i- stem. The -i- is retained in all cases except
the m/f nominative, which is simply a reduction of *treyes. So tehre is no
loss of 'i' in Latin.

Peter