[tied] Re: Nominative: A hybrid view

> The rule is not correct, nor, however, was my "rs > rr".

Apparently it

> should just be "rs > r". A safe example appears to be <ter> 'to dry
> (trans.)' which must be a causative *tors-eye-. The vowel is the

same as

> in other causatives like <ndez> 'ignite', i.e. i-umlaut of a from

o. The

> lengthening is dore", pl. duar is not different from the one of

dere", pl.

> dyer 'door'. I do not know what has caused it, but in the latter

example

> it certainly was not an s-cluster; I have guess at the dual marker

*-e

> which would be appropriate in both, but what would the rules be

like then?

> The example <yll> is only an example of this if the etymology is

correct;

> the old connection with sun, sol is still lurking.
> Jens

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Taking in consideration the declination of other Albanian names: (g.)
grue, (t.) grua, pl. gratë 'women'; (g.) krue, (t.) krua, pl.
kroje 'wells', where -j- is euphonic sound; fyell, pl.
fyje 'flutes', I dare say that in cases of dorë, pl. (g.) duer, (t.)
duar 'hands' and derë, pl. dyer, we have to deal not with dual
marker *-e, but with the cases of singularized plurals.

Regards,
Konushevci