Re: [tied] Re: Albanian "f"

Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

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> All I can say is that Alb. <i aftë> and Rom. <apt> 'id.' are probably
> from Latin <aptus> 'id.'. Stuart Mann see it only related to Latin
> <aptus>. The evolution of cluster /pt/>/ft/ was noticed also in place
> name Groftat < Crypta.
> About <afër> 'near' I accept Çabej's etymology a- privative suffix
> from PIE *n.- and <far> 'far' < 'not far, near' and I doubt that it
> is connected to Romanian apro-.
>
> Konushevci

OK, we have for sure pt > ft.
far= ?
I hope you are not meaning here Albanian "fare"= nothing, absolutely
nothing ( see Rom. "fãrã"= without)
Can you be a bitmore explicitely regarding this "far"?

Alex