> Piotr wrote:
> *swek^uro- > *wesk^uro- (or *wek^suro-), otherwise
> the medial <-h-> is even more puzzling than the initial <v->.
Their is an 'alternance' s <-> c /ts/ well attested in Proto-Albanian:
See the following examples:
Alb. 'thumbull' ~'sumbull' <-> Rom. sâmbure
Alb. 'kurthë' <-> Rom. cursã
So for the above derivation:
*swek^uro- > [s/w > zero; o > a; "alternance c<->s"] > *wesura >
[V-s-V > V-h-V] > wehura > [we > vje; ur > ër] > vjehërr 'father-in-law'
I couldn't explain yet why/when this alternance s<->c appeared but for
sure is present (see the above examples and there are also other
examples too)
So there is no need to suppose a Metathesis here, we need to explain
when/why this alternance appeared.
Best Regards,
Marius