Re: [tied] alb. gji (breast) - maybe PIE *sei-N-

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

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> From: "alex_lycos" <altamix@...>
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> Subject: Re: [tied] alb. gji (breast) - maybe PIE *sei-N-
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>> And here is not anymore the connection "s" > gj" in albanian or "s"
>> > s/S in romanian. the conection is Albanian /gj/ versus Romanian
>> /ghi/
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>> Examples
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>> gjemb = ghimpe ( thron ) ['thorn' -- Piotr]
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>
> Alex,
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> Here the initial was *gl- (preserved in Albanian dialects) < *gWl-
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> Piotr

Jokl gives here for Albanian an *gl too ( IJn., XXIV, 254)
And I see that after this "gl" is in Albanian an "e" in romanian an "i"
( e>i before nasal in Romanian)
In so far the "gle" explains like in the late slavic influence on
Romanian the Romanian "ghi". Why should have just latin make an
exception there in a period between substratum and slavic influence? I
mean herewith the "ghi/chi" from latin "gla" and "cla".

Alex