CC-clusters containing N in Albanian

From: alexandru_mg3
Message: 42499
Date: 2005-12-14

Hello Abdullah,
I couldn't find another bn > m examples but
Alb. lumë/lum `happy, blessed', however I think that we can consider
as the general rule <<labial>>n > m

I.
pn > m (gjumë)

np > ?

bn > m (lumë)

nb > ?

mn > m (dëm < Lat.damnum)

nm > m (emër)

My Question: Abdullah, how you find out that the mn was the
intermediary stage? Based on the preservation of mn in Proto-Romanian?

Other Rules:

II.
gn > nj (njoh)

ng -- ng

kn > ? (I don't have example here)

nk > ng (nga 'out' < *en-ka


III.
nc^ > s ('pesë' in fact was nc^>nc>ns>s)
c^n > ? (any help is welcome) (Rom. c^n > s^n)

ng^ > z (I suspect similar ng^>n3>nz>z see mëz)

g^n > ? (any help is welcome) (Rom. g^n > z^n)


IV.
nc > s (I don't have example here but nc > ns > s)
cn > n? (any help is welcome)

n3 > z (mëz <-> Rom. mânz < PAlb *mandya)
3n > n? (any help is welcome)

sn > n (nus 'thread')

ns > s


V.
-V'ntV(V) > V'nVV (man~mënd 'mulberry') (Dacian
manteia 'blackberry')
(V' = any vowell but not e => -entV(V) -- entV(V)

nt > nd (lend 'acorn')

tn > n? (any help is welcome -> I suspect n)

nd -- nd

dn > n? (any help is welcome -> I suspect n)


VI.
ln > ll

nl > ll

rn > rr ('zorrë')

nr > rr


VII Other Rules

Tosk V-n-V > r

n > nj (in some contexts)