Re: Albanian vras (and Romanian rãu)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...>
wrote:

> For the Latinists:
>
> Please note that in Romanian: Lat accented e > Rom je > later
> retracted to e after r (and not only after r))
>
> Samples:
>
> a) Rom. ciréS 'sweet cherry tree' > Lat. *ceresius,um > Lat.
> *ceresus < Lat. cerasus
>
> b) Rom întrég 'entire, whole' > PRom *intregum < Lat. integrum
> (integer)
>
> So the derivation: Latin reus > Rom rãu has an issue if we take a
> look at the other examples above.

But the same issues as Latin deus > Rom. zãu.

Richard.