From: alex_lycos
Message: 19038
Date: 2003-02-22
> ***In Albanian we have vesh "ear" <*o:s- <*ausiia (comp. AlbanianIs the albanian "është" not a loan from Latin?
> vet "self" and Greek autos)as primary form and voth (g.)/vath
> (t.) "earring" <*a:s- <aussia. So, spirant /-s-/ reflect at
> biggining /-sh-/ (comp. është "is", lat. est, per. asti, sansk.
> ansti, sll. jest) and later interdental /-th-/ (comp. IE root *su-
> "pig", Alb. thi "pig", *mus , Alb. mi "mouse", etc. Rothacism in
> Latin is evident (see: flos, floris < flosis).***