From: alex_lycos
Message: 19050
Date: 2003-02-22
> Yes, they look similar, but they aren't. From theThe labiovelar "kw" is an "s" alwoys or just when followed by an /e/ or
> historin phonology of Albanian we know that labiovelar
> kw- reflects to Albania s-, so Albanian c^, according
> to my view is the some kind of affricatization in the
> biggining of the word. I find out that latin loan
> c^moj < smoj < lat. (as)timare testifeis that s- at
> the biggining is turned to c^. For this reason I think
> that old river names Tyamos derived in Albanian C^am
> and horonim C^ameria. But, at the end of the word, the
> -c^ is derived form -tsh: vjetsh > vjec^, motsh >
> moc^. So, we could conclude that c^- in this case is
> dervied from oldest s-
> Albanian concordance of Latin quod, quid are sa, si