Re: [tied] Daci

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 9877
Date: 2001-09-30

More precisely, *e: and *a: merged in Proto-Albanian (presumably as *a:), eventually undergoing retraction and giving modern *o, while original long back vowels were fronted and then unrounded in some instances: *u: > *y: > y/i, *o: > *ΓΈ: > e.
 
Piotr
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 12:49 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Daci

On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 18:52:22 -0000, "Sergejus Tarasovas"
<S.Tarasovas@...> wrote:

>If they were so consistently grave-ing their vocalism, I could
>predict *deh3- > Dac. *du:- 'give'
>:)))))))))

In Albanian, */o:/ (and */eu/) > /e/.




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