Re: [tied] Romanian Development of /st/ (was: Against ... 'Albanian

Richard Wordingham wrote:

> In answer to one of Alex's comments this morning or last night,
> roughly speaking, /E/ is the precursor of /ie/. However, there are
> exceptions. See the list of ultimate developments at the end of the
> same message. And we are turning up evidence that even word-
> inital /e/ could become /ie/ - like me, Orbis Latinus (
> http://www.orbilat.com/Modern_Romance/Balkano-
> Romance/Rumanian/Rumanian.html#Phonology ) attributes it to Slavic
> influence.
>
> Richard.

It appears that every /e/ in initial position undergone the change . At
least there is no /e/ , no word which begin with /e/ and can be considered
as inherited. It is just /ie/.
Returnig to Orbilat, why should be it a Slavic influence? Are some very
special Slavic features here in e > ie and when in the next sylable is an
/e/ or an /�/ the /ie/ > /ia/ ?
So far I know this /je/ is in Albanian as well, thus , why Slavic influence?

Alex