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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:52:31 +0100, alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
>
> >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?
>
> PIE *o _always_ becomes /a/ in Albanian, stupid. Before a

nasal, /a/

> gives ë(N) in Tosk, â(N) in Gheg.
>
> *omlos "bitter" > âmbëlë, ëmblë "sweet"
> *oner- "dream" > âdërrë, ëndërrë
> *odma: "stench" > âmë
>
> >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?:-)
>
> on > un in Romanian.
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

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It's interesting that the root *omlos 'bitter' derives, according to
N. Jokl, also in Dacian <amalusta>, where we have one testimony that
as Illyrian, as Dacian treat PIE short stressed *o as /a/ (cf.
Illyrian river name Plav < *pleu- 'to flow', also present today in
Monte Negro as horonym Plav).

Konushevci