Re: [tied] RE: etyma for =?UNKNOWN?Q?Cr=E3ciun=2CRomanianforChristma

29-12-03 00:20, Mate Kapovic' wrote:

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> From: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <piotr.gasiorowski@...>
> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 9:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [tied] RE: etyma for Crãciun,RomanianforChristmas
>
>> Among the evidence discussed so far, East Slavic -oro- is a strong
>> argument in favour of original *-or-, and therefore in favour of Slavic
>> origin, but as far as I'm concerned, it would be premature to rule out
>> alternative explanations.
>
> For me, this is *crucial* evidence. How could Latin creatione-, Romanian
> crãciun or anything in between which has -raC- or similar go to Slavic
> *-orC- which is primary as attested by East Slavic polnoglasie (Russian
> koroc^un)? There is no way possible, as I see it.

It isn't _absolutely_ impossible. I was considering a Hungarian filter
as a possible source of false pleophony (/kra-/ --> Hung. /kOrO-/ -->
East Slavic /koro-/. I admit, however, that the evidence produced by you
and by Sergei looks decisive.

Piotr