Re: [tied] Question on Albanian sy

alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> A form *ac^-u: would have been generated Only a short y not a long
> one...because the rule is u: > y, so we need more than Only a single
> u: to can explain the long y:

Read Hamp's derivation again. It was the innovated _feminine_ form of
"two" (/dy:/) that provided the model for <sy:>, because of the original
identity of feminine and neuter dual forms. /dy:/ itself comes from
*dy-ë (cf. masculine /dy/).

Piotr