Re: [tied] Re: Latin pinso etc.

tolgs001 wrote:

>> which however doesn't match Rom. $arpe < serpe:s < serpens.
>
> Along with the variant (today less frequent) $érpe.
> But let's note the derivatives: $erpár (2 meanings),
> $erpãríe, adj. $erpésc & $erpíu + adv. $erpé$te
> (snake-like),
> $erpi$ór/$erpu$ór & $erpuléte & $erpurél (diminutival:
> little snake), augmentative: $erpói, verb a $erpuí/-íre/
> -ít+-ór/-úrã preserve the [e], so that $arpe must be
> a late variant (I assume < $_ea_rpe).
>
>> Alb. gjashtë
>
> This one we could superficially -> phonetically compare
> with <dé$te>, a popular and regional derivation of
> <dégete> "fingers" (via the intermediate <déjete>).
>
>> Piotr
>
> George

I guess this is the best living example here since we have regional
"dejt" or "de$t" where the consonant "j" is used instead of normal "$".
I know the usual explanation of "ge" > "j" after the Slavs came.
If my assumption is right then the sound "$" is the sound which was
there as Albanian developed later to "gj". I will like to proove if in
Alb. this "gj-" is indeed present just in roots which have /se/si/sy/
there where Alb. today reflect an "gj-"

Alex