Re: [tied] Question on Albanian sy

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 42201
Date: 2005-11-23

alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> For another example see Alb. mizë 'fly' < PAlb *mu:-ja where u: > i
> but we don't have a final syllable.

Demiraj sees here old _monosyllabic_ mu:, with <-zë>, a common
diminutive suffix, added later.

If a preceding bilabial is needed to unround the the *u:, why do we have
<ti> from *tu:?

Piotr