[tied] Eric Hamp [Re: Dacian]

Just a little correction: See: www.shqiperia.com/histori/"Fjalori
fetar dhe feja e shqiptarëve" and You will notice that I have write
correctley as it was this form in Christian times with all
variations many weeks ago.

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Abdullah Konushevci"
<akonushevci@...> wrote:

> It's a clear tendency in Albanian, especially at this stage of
> development, to aspirates wovels in the beginning: hark "bow" <

lat.

> arcus. This tendency is preserved also in some dialects until now:
> heci (eci), hiki (iki), etc. So, with or withuat h- it's accepted
> hyj "God".
> Abdullah
>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "P&G" <petegray@...> wrote:
> > >I doubt that Albanian hyj "God" is form Greek
> > >ho huios "son"
> >
> > Surely the Greek huios would have been pronounced /ios/ before

the

> Albanians
> > met it? Especially if they met it in a Christian context. So

the

> > connection does seem unlikely.
> >
> > Peter