From: alex
Message: 29767
Date: 2004-01-18
>>> Why not compare with "ridere" > "râde"?!to get the age:-)
>>
>> For phonologicaly issue you can compare all 3.
>
> No. You cannot compare two inherited words with a late Romanian
> formation on a Slavic loanword. Different rules apply on different
> times and different originations.
>
>> For semantical issues, one can compare just "a rade" with "a rãzui"
>
> To get... ?!
>mmmm .. radere doesn't have this verb the stress on /e/? radére?
>> For my taste, "râ-" ist most ancient, "rã-" newer, "ra-"= most new.
>
> You have bad taste. Stressed Latin /a/ normally remains /a/. There
> is no "rule" about newer or older word because of /a/ or /&/.
>
> Marius Iacomi