Re: [tied] PIE *y > Alb. /z/ (was Re: Romanian Verb )

elmeras2000 wrote:

> And the verb to be certainly
> also qualifies, so janë 'they are' could be a reduced form of
> (expected) *gjanë from *senti or *sonti.

But would you exclude analogical plurals in j- influenced by the 1/2sg.?
That would be no stranger than Slavic *jesmU and *jeste, or Lat. estis.

PIotr