From: a96_aeu@...
Message: 6457
Date: 2001-03-08
--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> - Then may I suggest that even Diell (Sun) which is to be met even
in the form of "Dje-" as in "e djelë" (sunday), or as some Albanians
pronounce it "Djell´" also derives from *dje:- or *dih2- and not from
*sh2ul-) > *swel-
>
> In this case the sun root would be freed for "(h)yll".
>
> But the diphthong <ie/je> in this word represents old *e, not *e:
(which would have given Alb. o), *eu (> Alb. e) or *ih2 (> Alb. i).
The derivation *s(h2)wel- > diell is generally accepted because it
involves no unjustified steps or ad hoc explanations. Even *sw- > d-,
though strange-looking, is a regular change in Albanian. I have
already summarised the problematic aspects of *su:l- > (h)yll (because
of which linguists tend to abandon this etymology).
>
> Piotr
>