Re: [tied] Re: Proto-Albanian

Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

alex asked:

>> Abdullah, can you tell me please if in Albanian the stressed /e/
> becomme
>> regulary an /je/ ? (vjedhullë)
> ************
> Yes, if we have to do with the short vowel: *pekw- 'to cook, to
> ripen', Alb. pjek 'to cook, to ripen'; PIE *dhegwh- 'to burn, to
> warm', Alb. djeg 'id'; PIE *wet-2 'year', Alb. vjet 'id', vjetë, -
> a 'yearling'; Lat. medicus > Alb. mjek 'doctor', Lat. directus > d(i)
> rectus > Alb. i(e) drejtë 'right'; Slavic prispeti 'to pop up' >
> përspjet 'id'. Otherweise, long *e: gives Alb. o
>
> Konushevci

Thank you. And the /o/ become too as in Rom. /u/ before /n/ ? I keep in
view the older form for Danube (Tunau).