Re: [tied] *pot-

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

>>>> Rom. reflex of the word is "jup1n". The "ju" could be yelded out
>>>> off "g^u" or "iu" but the Slavic "an" remains "an" in Rom. and
>>>> does not become "ân".
>>>
>>> Except in old borrowings, like stãpân, jupân.
>>>
>> There are in fact just two words considered to be of Slavic
>> origin which shows "ân" and you told them. "stãpân" and "jupân".

Actually, four or five (also "stâna", "stânca", "smântâna").

> Why not? An ancient borrowing would give jupân, a more
> recent reborrowing jupan.

Usually, Romanian linguists are reluctant to admit an old Slavic
layer (on various bases), so these words are labeled "dubious". It
is ordinarily assumed that contact with Slavs has been continuous
during RPC, so words actually have had their forms continuously
updated (no reborrowing).

Regards,
Marius Iacomi