Editing Substrate in Romanian (section)

===Comparative methods applied to Albanian===

In general, words assumed to belong to substratum can be placed into two categories:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rosetti |first=Alexandru |author-link=Alexandru Rosetti |chapter=La situation du romain parmi les langues balkaniques|title=Linguistica |pages=216-225 [222] |location=Berlin, Boston |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |date=1965 |doi=10.1515/9783111349039-037 |lang=FR}}</ref><ref name="Sala 2012 84">{{Cite book|last=Sala |first=Marius |trans-title=From Latin to Romanian |title=De la Latină la Română |publisher=Editura Pro Universitaria |year=2012 |isbn=978-606-647-435-1 |page=84 }}</ref>

those related to [[nature |nature and natural world]]
* [[terrain]]: {{lang|ro|ciucă}}, {{lang|ro|groapă}}, {{lang|ro|mal}}, {{lang|ro|măgură}}, {{lang|ro|noian}}; 
* [[Body of water|bodies of water]]: {{lang|ro|bâlc}}, {{lang|ro|pârâu}};
* [[flora]]: {{lang|ro|brusture}}, {{lang|ro|bung(et)}}, {{lang|ro|ciump}}, {{lang|ro|coacăză}}, {{lang|ro|copac}}, {{lang|ro|curpen}}, {{lang|ro|druete}}, {{lang|ro|leurdă}}, {{lang|ro|ghimpe}}, {{lang|ro|mazăre}}, {{lang|ro|mărar}}, {{lang|ro|mugure}}, {{lang|ro|sâmbure}}, {{lang|ro|spânz}}, {{lang|ro|strugure}}, {{lang|ro|ţeapă}};
* [[fauna]]: {{lang|ro|[[balaur]]}}, {{lang|ro|bală}}, {{lang|ro|baligă}}, {{lang|ro|barză}}, {{lang|ro|brad}}, {{lang|ro|călbează}}, {{lang|ro|căpușă}}, {{lang|ro|cioară}}, {{lang|ro|cioc}}, {{lang|ro|ciut}}, {{lang|ro|ghionoaie}}, {{lang|ro|măgar}}, {{lang|ro|mânz(at)}}, {{lang|ro|murg}}, {{lang|ro|mușcoi}}, {{lang|ro|năpârcă}}, {{lang|ro|pupăză}}, {{lang|ro|raţă}}, {{lang|ro|strepede}}, {{lang|ro|şopârlă}}, {{lang|ro|ştiră}}, {{lang|ro|ţap}}, {{lang|ro|viezure}}, {{lang|ro|vizuină}};
and those used in [[Pastoralism|pastoral life]] for:
* [[food]]: {{lang|ro|abur}}, {{lang|ro|brânză}}, {{lang|ro|fărâmă}}, {{lang|ro|grunz}}, {{lang|ro|sarbăd}}, {{lang|ro|scrum}}, {{lang|ro|urdă}}, {{lang|ro|zară}};
* [[clothing]]: {{lang|ro|bască}}, {{lang|ro|brâu}}, {{lang|ro|căciulă}}, {{lang|ro|sarică}};
* [[housing]]: {{lang|ro|argea}}, {{lang|ro|cătun}}, {{lang|ro|gard}};
* [[human body|body]] (some initially used for livestock): {{lang|ro|buză}}, {{lang|ro|ceafă}}, {{lang|ro|ciuf}}, {{lang|ro|grumaz}}, {{lang|ro|guşă}}, {{lang|ro|rânză}};
* [[agriculture|related activities]]: {{lang|ro|baci}}, {{lang|ro|bâr}}, {{lang|ro|buc}}, {{lang|ro|grapă}}, {{lang|ro|gresie}}, {{lang|ro|lete}}, {{lang|ro|strungă}}, {{lang|ro|ţarc}}, {{lang|ro|zgardă}}.

Other words from substratum are: {{lang|ro|bucur(ie)}}, {{lang|ro|ciupi}}, {{lang|ro|copil}}, {{lang|ro|cursă}}, {{lang|ro|fluier}}, {{lang|ro|droaie}}, {{lang|ro|gata}}, {{lang|ro|ghiuj}}, {{lang|ro|jumătate}}, {{lang|ro|mare}} (adj.), {{lang|ro|moş}}, {{lang|ro|scăpăra}}.
 
Words possibly of substratum but not generally agreed among linguists are: {{lang|ro|arichiță}}, {{lang|ro|băiat}}, {{lang|ro|băl}}, {{lang|ro|brâncă}}, {{lang|ro|borţ}}, {{lang|ro|bulz}}, {{lang|ro|burduf}}, {{lang|ro|burtă}}, {{lang|ro|codru}}, {{lang|ro|Crăciun}}, {{lang|ro|creţ}}, {{lang|ro|cruţa}}, {{lang|ro|curma}}, {{lang|ro|daltă}}, {{lang|ro|dărâma}}, {{lang|ro|fluture}}, {{lang|ro|lai}}, {{lang|ro|mătură}}, {{lang|ro|mire}}, {{lang|ro|negură}}, {{lang|ro|păstaie}}, {{lang|ro|scorbură}}, {{lang|ro|spuză}}, {{lang|ro|stăpân}}, {{lang|ro|sterp}}, {{lang|ro|stână}}, {{lang|ro|traistă}}.<ref name="Sala 2012 84"/>