Re: Alb. *wikY+ (was: Latin sync., ik(o))

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@...> wrote:

> wikYpotn,+
> wYkYpotn,+
> wYgYbotn,+
> gYwYbotn,+
> gYwYobotn,+
> j^wobotn,+
> z^wobotn,+
> zwobotn,+
> zwabatn,+
> zwabata+
> zwa_ata+
> zwa:ta+
>
> etc.
>
>
> This fits in with my earlier rules and known Alb. changes with the
> following addition: 0>V / CG_CV

Other met. of glides could have occurred.

Considering the following, I came to some conclusions:

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Abdullah Konushevci <akonushevci@...>
wrote:

>
> PIE *y > Alb. /z/
>
> 1) *yes- > Alb. <ziej> 'to boil, cook' (cf. also Illyrian Aquas Jasas);
>
> 2)*yew- > për•ziej 'to mix meal', probably from a variant *yew-nyo
> (cf. av. yuvati 'id.'); për•ziem•je/përzierje 'mixture' (Pokorny,
> *yeu-1, 507)

> 6) Alb. <zgjedhë> 'yoke' from *yeug- 'to join' (cf. Greek zeugma
> 'bond', Lat. iugum 'yoke', Sanskrit yoga 'union' etc.)
>
> Konushevci


--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
>
> Some more etymological info, as per Beekes.
>
> 1) -VDV- > -V (D=voiced stop) *deubhet > det "sea"

> 8) *ty, *k^y > s; *d(h)y > z *-tya: > -së (*h2ek^men-tya: >
kmesë
> "sickle"); *mon-yo- > mãz/mëz "foal"; *k^y- > so natë > sonte "tonight"

> 12) *k^w > s; *g^(h)w > z *k^we:rna: > sorrë "crow";
*g^huonos >
> zë "voice"

> 22) -nj > -j *h1wobh-njo: > vej "weave"

> 26) y- > gj- *h1en-yeh3s- > ngjesh "to girt
> oneself"
>
> 27) -y- > 0 *treyes > tre "3"

> Beekes doesn't mention:
>
> 47) *wi(:)k^- > z- *wik^a:pot- > zot "lord";
> *h1wih1dk^m.tih1 > (një-)zet "20"


I'd say that after C>0 a diphthong + V > diph. but V1 + V2 > V1+long.

I don't think either series above is complete. Initial x()y > j^y >
zy > zgj but during the course of these changes metathesis can occur
if possible (that is, if CV occurs later in the word and so to CyV).


xyese ... xyewe ... xyeugmYn,
xyese ... xyewe ... xyeugYmYn,
Gyese ... Gyewe ... GyeugYmYn,
j^yese .. j^yewe .. j^yeuj^mYn,
z^yese .. z^yewe .. z^yeuz^mYn,
zyese ... zyewe ... zyeuz^mYn,
zesye ... zewye ... zyeuz^mYn,
zeyye ... zeyye ... zyeuz^mYn,
zeye .... zeye .... zyeuz^mYn,
zeye .... zeye .... zyeuz^mYa
zeye .... zeye .... zyeuz^nYa
zeye .... zeye .... zyeuz^ya


i>Y / $C_$C etc.

C>+voice / $C+voice_ etc. (repeats)

met. of G/C+sonor C-sonor / $_

0>V / CG_CV

m>y / gYh_*n (Arm)

x>+voice>j^ / _y

KY > C^

affricate > fric.

z^ > z / _w

z^ > z / _y

met.

sy > yy / V_V

wy > yy / V_V

y > 0 / V_V

yy > y / V_V

m > n > r / r_

mY > nY > y / z^_

z^ > D

y>gj / #(z)_