Re: [tied] Re: alb. gji

On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 19:40:49 +0000, "Abdullah Konushevci
<akonushevci@...>" <akonushevci@...> wrote:

>In meanwhile, I take a look to EWAS by G. Meyer (p.418) and he was
>completly sure that both forms: shtrëngon and i shtrenjte cames from
>Latin stringere and strictus. But, the problem is still open, due to
>the presence of nazal n, which didn't appear, for example, to also
>Latin loan i drejtë, but never i drenjtë. Or, another example: i
>shpejtë (fast), but never i shpenjtë•

Assuming these are from directe and exspecte, there is no nasal in
dirigere or exspectare, unlike striNgere.

>Also in Latin we have to deal
>with plain g, not aspirated one - gh. And I didn't know any case
>where plain PIE *g or Latin g gives to Albanian also plain g.

I don't understand. Surely Latin g gives Alb g (mergere --> mërgoj,
for instance)

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