User:Catonif/sq/weird

weird Balkan stuff

• note the initial /maG/ stuff, singular of Albanian (as proven by the Gypsy example) and likely more generally of Paleo-Balkan languages (possibly the barrow example)
  • "barrow, tumulus" = Albanian gamule, gamulë, magulë, kallume, Romanian movilă, moghilă, măgură, măgulă, Aromanian mãgulã, Proto-Slavic *mogyla, *gomyla, Greek μαγούλα (magoúla)

    ultimately likely Paleo-Balkan. the /u/ → Slav. /y/ makes sense, while South Slavic /i/ (← /y/) → other langs /u/ would make no sense, so the ultimate source is not Slavic (Romanian movilă and moghilă are most likely Slavic loans). archeology might help

  • "Gypsy" = Albanian evgjit, magjyp, magjup, jevg, Aromanian yiftu, gheghiftu, Macedonian Ѓуптин (Ǵuptin), Greek γύφτος (gýftos)

    all ultimately from Greek

  • "donkey" = Albanian gomar, magar, magjar, Romanian măgar, Greek γομάρι (gomári)

    IMO all ultimately from Greek, although usually not taken into consideration

• "crumb" = Albanian thërrime, thërrmijë, Romanian fărâmă, Aromanian sãrmã, Greek θρύμμα (thrýmma)!

  IMO everything from Greek, though usually the connection is rejected