agony? ( it was: Re: Yugoslawia)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "m_iacomi" <m_iacomi@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel J. Milton" wrote:
>
> > I'm happy with DEX. L. *adjunare may have a asterisk, but it's
> > not just ad hoc for Rom., but supported by Sp. 'ayunar' (and
> > perhaps Fr. 'jeuner').
>
> The obvious phenomenon of Latin age is the tendency of eliminating
> the first syllable (not preserved in Romances) and using "*juna:re"
> in conjunction with prepositions ("ad", supported by Rom., Sp. &
> Fr. usual form "à jeun", and "de", supported by It. & Cat. forms).
> Prefixation is so usual that most dictionnaries don't even insert
> a footnote about required VL forms.
>
> Regards,
> Marius Iacom

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The most oldest form in Alb. is <ngjinoj> 'to fast', probably
prefixed form of <en-gjinoj>. <agjëroj> is characteristic for South
dialect and by all means most resent than <ngjinoj>.

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