Re: [tied] Re: Albanian pre and Romanian prada (was: Question on Al

altamix wrote:

> I am not sure either. The plural form shows an "ã" instead of the
> expected "e" if there has been an earier "e" > "ea" > "a".
> I should have expected "*prezi" but the plural is "prãzi" and that
> will speak for an "a" there, not for an "e".

Not if we assume that the effect of /pr-/ is similar to that of /p-/,
which retracts an unstressed *e (as well as *ae, *i, e:, *oe) to ã, cf.
<pãcat>. Cf. also Rom. prãdá < praeda:re.

Piotr