Re: [tied] Words with nucleus *-eu- & *-ou-

> there is nothing to bother about. The word is an adjective made up

like

> the participial adjectives with the suffix "-at"; presumabely

there has

> been once a verb "a in/*roshca" which now is completely replaced

by

> "inroshi" and it has survived just the adjective "roshcat".
> There is the need for an explanation about "u" > "o" apparently

with no

> reason. Maybe the word has been simply influenced by "roshu"(red)

and it

> became "roshkat" from an "rushkat" but this is simply speculation.
>
>
> Alex
>

There are also some flowers with the name ruscuTa in Romanian:
Adonis autumnalis, Adonis vernalis and Adonis flammea with unknown
etymology in DEX http://dexonline.ro/search.php?cuv=ruscuta&source=,
that contained the root *ru:s 'red' in there names

Image of Adonis autumnalis
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&q=Adonis%
20autumnalis&sa=N&tab=wi

There is also:
Oaie ruscã -> 'sheep with a grey-red color'

Marius