"Albanoid substrate in Romanian, I've argued here that in that
language *-s- was lost before *r, lengthening the preceding vowel,
and no *t was inserted"
Of course, you are right regarding PIE *sr in PAlb.
But my opinion is that *str was there from the PIE's Time, in some
variants...
See Baltic: Istra
Istria : peninsula on Dalmatian Coast - maybe of Illyrian origin
http://www.globalgayz.com/CroatiaIstriaPeninsula
Istrus: Name of the Danube River (and also Histria in Dobrogea)
Note:
PIE *str was well preserved in PAlb: see *strunga (Rom. strungã,
Alb. shtrungë)
Only The Bests,
Marius
--- In
cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
wrote:
> alexandru_mg3 wrote:
>
> > And DACIAN : Ister/Hister/Istros/Istrus => the name of the Danube
River
>
> Well, almost. To the extent that we're able to distinguish between
> "Dacian" and "Thracian", I'd classify Istros under the latter
label.
> There's positive evidence of *sr > Thracian str, as in the name of
the
> River Strymon (Gk. Stru:mo:n). If "Dacian" is to be identified with
the
> Albanoid substrate in Romanian, I've argued here that in that
language
> *-s- was lost before *r, lengthening the preceding vowel, and no *t
was
> inserted.
>
> Piotr