[tied] Re: Balkan Serpents (was: alb. gji (breast))

From: Richard Wordingham Message: 18768
Date: 2003-02-13

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com,
Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Miguel Carrasquer"
<mcv@...>
> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003
12:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Balkan
Serpents (was: alb. gji (breast))
>
>
> > Unstressed /e/ gave /i/ here,
probbaly at the stage *vetiellu >
*vitiellu by assimilation.
>
> Isn't non-Classical /i:/ (e.g. via
contamination from <vi:ta>, as
suggested by Richard) more likely?
The connection with <vita> is Alex's
suggestion, not mine.
Richard.