Re: [tied] Proto-Albanian

Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

>> On another hand, the "ps" is rarely represented in Romanian from the
>> Latin "x", but it is represented trough "s"
>>
>> maxilla > masea, exit= iesit, laxare > lasa etc, etc etc
>
> Yes. This was already explained to you. Immediately before the
> accent, /ks/ gives Romanian /s/ and Italian /s^/ (written <sc>),
> instead of /ps/ and /ss/, respectively. A special Eastern Romance
> development

Rosetti: The different threatament of the group "cs" _is not_ because of
the accent.
He gives the examples : latin texere > Rom ."t,ese". "Latin "dixit" >
Rom "zise"

>> About the "modhulle" and "mazare"
>> The plant which is to find by Dioscoride is written with "z".
>> "mouzola" Do you expect the Dacian "z" gave an Albanian "dh"? It
>> seems more probably that the "dh" from Albanian here is older.
>
> And how do you expect a Greek or Latin author would write the sound
> /ð/?

Like the "th" in Theos and not like "z" in Zeus.