Re: [tied]Alb. Gelenkartickel ( it was Re: Decebalus, help needed)

Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

>>> place names, derived from Alb. <burr-a-madh> 'big ruler, warrior,
>>> man'.

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> No, Alb. -a- is Gelenkartikel, which was replaced later with -i- and
> probably -e- in Albanian and other languages (cf. Butidosa < Alb.
> byth-a-dosa 'buttocks of sow'), etc.
>
> Konushevci

Do you suggest that actually Gelenkartikel "e" in Alb. should derive
from an older "a" ?

alex