pielewe wrote:
> Sorry for speaking out of turn, but according to Huld, Basic Albanian
> Etymologies, p. 71 it is attested in the Dushmani dialect as
> described by Cimochowski.
... and, for example, in the dialect of Tetova as described by Hamp. One
can hardly say anything sensible about Albanian etymologies if one
ignores the dialects and relies exclusively on the official variety of
Tosk. In particular, if one wants to discuss nasalisation in Common
Albanian, the knowledge of Geg forms is absolutely obligatory, since, as
Abdullah has already pointed out, the Tosk dialects have lost the
relevant evidence.
Piotr