Re: Italo-Albano-Romanian Parallels

Richard Wordingham wrote:

> -ns- seems to have been eliminated several times - once before the
> empire, (e.g. the abbreviation _cos_ for 'consul') and again
> throughout Romance. _Penso_ 'think'is a learned re-introduction - the
> normal form is _peso_ 'weigh'.

The Romanian reflex: as a noun: <pãs> [p&s], plur. <pãsuri>
['p&surj] "anger / suffering, pain". As a verb: <pãsa/-re>
(+ the dative) "to care; be concerned; pay heed / to
hang/fall because heavy." (There is a further <pãsa/-re>
verb, "go," but this one < Lat. passare; it is old-fashioned.)

George