Re: Albanian (1)

From: Abdullah Konushevci
Message: 29879
Date: 2004-01-21

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:
> Sorry, some glosses were missing. They are added below:
>
> 21-01-04 22:49, Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:
>
> > *k^onídah2 > *canída: > Geg thëni:, Tosk thër(r)ijë 'nit'
> > *g^Heimon- > Geg dimën, Tosk dimër 'winter'
> > *penkWe (+ *-a:) > *penc^a > pesë, dial. pêsë '5'
(palatalisation)
> > *gWHermo- > *3^iärm- > zjarm 'fire' (palatalisation)
>
> Piotr
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Again, one gloss is missing: *penkWe (+ *-a:) > penc^a > pesë, dial.
pêsë 'five' (or '5').
I separate this gloss, because (hoping you will don't mind) I prefer
much more H. Pedersen's explanation: *penkWe > pânc^a > pênsë >
pesë, cf. skr. pan^ca, avst. panca, Npers. panj.
I still believe, despite Rasmussen's objection, that consonantal
group *-en yields in Alb. (g.) -ân, (t.) -ën (cf. also en esti >
(g.) ânshtë, (t.) është, Lat. arena > Alb. (g.) rânë, (t.) rërë.

Wishing you all the best,
Konushevci