Re: [tied] Albanian =?UNKNOWN?Q?gjykat=EB?=

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 18629
Date: 2003-02-09

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Subject: [tied] Albanian gjykatë


> Is this Albanian word a development of Latin "judicata"

Yes, Alb. gjyk- <-- Lat. iu:dic-. The loss of the intervocalic voiced stop, the "strengthening" of initial *j > Alb. gj, and the fronting of long *u: (from contracted /u:/ + /i/) are all regular Albanian changes.

Piotr