Re: Burzenland ( it was : [tied] V-, B-)

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

>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@> wrote:
> >
> > > Wurcza terra,
> > > Burzenland, Lschf., Siebenbürgen
> >
> >
> > The German colonists from this region are attested in
> > documents as early as 1192 when <terra Bozza> is mentioned
> > as being settled by Germans (<Theutonici>).
> >
> > (For what it's worth, it says that 'Romanian word <bârsä> is
> > supposedly of Dacian origin'.)
>
>
> > Brian
>
>
> The Romanian word is usually seen as being the counterpart of the
> Albanian "vërz" but to me , neither the phonological aspect neither
> the semantic aspect of the word "bârsã" cannot be related to
> Alb. "vërz".

Why? we have Romanian b <-> Albanian v in abur <-> avull so for me
Romanian b <-> Albanian v is OK.

Marius