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

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Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Miguel Carrasquer"

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> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003

12:54 AM

> Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Balkan

Serpents (was: alb. gji (breast))

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> > Unstressed /e/ gave /i/ here,

probbaly at the stage *vetiellu >
*vitiellu by assimilation.

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> 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.