Re: [tied] The Return of the Knight Who Says "Një"

From: alex
Message: 27063
Date: 2003-11-11

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

> One final remark (I mean FINAL): pre-Albanian *u- (unlike other
> vowels) was not lost even when unstressed, so <një> simply _can't_
> derive from anything like *un-. I wish you stopped your idle
> fantasising. It's entirely sans rhyme or reason.
>
> Piotr

pre-Albanian *u was stable but not pre-Albanian *o; the "o" got lost
before nasal in the initial position.
Do you see any words in Albanian which beginn with "on" and are
inherited?
Modeling the question in another way, who told you there should have
been an "u" in pre-Albanian? Me?
I said the Albanian "një" should be seen as Romanian "une-" but I did
not say it derives from Rom. "une-".
Rom. "une-" has two posibilities ov derivation: from "une-" or from
"one-"

Just a short incursion in both languages Rom. and Alb. for words which
begin with "on-"
Alb: 3 words and all neologisms; onomatope, onomatopeik, ondulacion
Rom. has more, kind of 60, but _all_ neologisms except one onomatopea (a
onãnãi) and a regionalism "onanie" meaning "mutilated person, strange
person, uggly person)

The question is:

- should be this _absolutely a coincidence_ that both language don't
have inherited words which begin with "on-" ?
If yes, why? If not, why?:-)

Alex