[tied] Re: some terms for George

To make much more clear: from a variant *o-nio of PIE *oi-no
Konushevci
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Abdullah Konushevci"
<a_konushevci@...> wrote:

> Një < njâ 'one' is number and about its etymology are very wide

and

> different opinions. It is compared with Latin <unus>, Gothic

<ains>,

> OPrus <ains>, even with Skt <anya-> 'other', Gk <enioi> 'some'
> (Meyer). According to Baric from *n.-sem and to Huld a back-
> formation from fem. *smieH.
> My opinion is that number një 'one' could be easy derived from a
> variant of PIE *o-nio- through regular change of ni > nj.
>
> Konushevci
> ************
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- >
> > > dreq < *draki. I don't know where the -i comes from.
> >
> > [AK] -i in Albanian is regular ending of masculine names in
> definite
> > form (undefinite form: një drak, definite: draki). The plural in
> > this case is formed through metaphony or Umlaut.
> >
> > Hmm.. I don't know how to see the dialectal form in Rom. There

is a

> > strange diphtongation which is not usual but is to find in

several

> words
> > as leac, fleac, The dialectal form of "drac" is "dreac".
> > Abdullah, I am intrigued by "një" how is explained this word,
> which is
> > its origin ? Specialy the "jë" there ...
> > can you show the evolution in several steps from PIE ( if
> inherited) to
> > actually form?
> >
> > Alex