Re: [tied] Re: Romanian -Albanian Genetic Link ( c /ts/ - story)

Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...>
> wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Lat. ti/te -> Alb. ti/t- (ti is stable)
>> ----------------------------------------
>> capitina -> kaptinë (see. Rom c~ap~at,^in~a )
>> inglutire -> gëlltis (see. Rom ^inghit,i )
> [AK]
> By all chances, Alb. <gëlltis> 'to swallow', present only in south
> dialect, is a Slavic loan, probably of Bulg. <g<am> 'id.'
> About second word <kaptinë> 'head, chapter, peak',
> <kaptell> 'pomell', <kaptoj> 'to pass over s.th., to jump' I doubt
> that here we have to deal much more with inherited word, suffixed in -
> ina, -ell, -onj.

Cabej tried to explain it due inheritance from PIE but Mihaescu
sustained there must be an Latin *capitinia because of Romanian
counterpart "cãpãTânã" which , of course - means Mihaescu, just from
Latin "caput" can be derived.


Alex