From: Mate Kapovic
Message: 28861
Date: 2003-12-29
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From: "alex" <alxmoeller@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 6:31 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] RE: etyma for Crãciun,RomanianforChristmas
> It appears to be definitely a loan into Slavic. I just advice you to
> take a look at the ending of the word. It appears to be not a generaly
> Romance ending , but a typically Romanian one "-c^un".I should have
> expected for Slavic here an "c^on" or " c^o~".
I would advise you to read again what Sergei and I wrote but there would be
no point as you obviously don't know anything about Slavic linguistics.
> As Mr. Iacomi pointed our, in Slavic the word is appearing in the
> regions where the Slavs are intermingled or are living togethere with
> Rom. comunities.
Like in Slovenia or Russia?
Mate