29-01-04 13:27, Abdullah Konushevci wrote:
> Alb. <porosit> has also the meaning 'to order' (Porosita një kafe 'I
> ordered one coffee'). But, probably best example is Alb. <tërsirë>
> from Sl. trac^ina, an augmentative of Slavic <trak> 'band'.
> Latin velars, followed by front vowels became simply palatals.
Dear Abdullah,
Your examples are correct, but Alex is right about the nasal vowel in
*poro~c^iti. Even if Albanian took it from a Slavic dialect that had
preserved nasality, the denasalisation of a vowel before early Albanian
*c^ is consistent with the native pattern as represented by *pe~c^& >
pesë. Incidentally, thanks for providing an unambiguous example of a
Slavic loan predating Tosk rhotacism!
Piotr