Re: Nominative: A hybrid view

> Choice #2 seems controversial, but there is evidence for it besides
> what's mentioned above. Sanskrit has PIE /ei/, /oi/, /ai/ > /e/,
> and /eu/, /ou/, /au/ > /o/. It seems more logical to me that
> Sanskrit's ancestor(s) broke off of PIE before Ablaut, and thus

never

> had /ei/, /oi/, /eu/, or /ou/, but simply /ai/ and /au/, which can
> easily turn into /e/ and /o/, respectively.
>
> - Rob

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But, what about Albanian, that has also PIE /eu/, /oi/, /ai/ > e
and /au/, /ou/ > /a/. Does it seems that Albanian ancestor broke off
of PIE before Ablaut and thus never had /eu/, /oi/, /ai/, /au/,/ou/,
which can easily turn into /e/ and /a/, respectively. Besides,
PIE /ei/ > Alb. /i/.

Regards,
Konushevci