Re: [tied] "One" in Albanian [Was: some terms for George]
From: alex Message: 23438 Date: 2003-06-17
Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:
The type <nji> is either a by-form of <një>
> with vowel colouring due to the initial palatal, or (perhaps) a
> reflex of deictic *eni- without the accompanying *oino-.
>
> Piotr
I guess the explanation is very simple. Albanian lost the initial "u"
from *une ( Take a look at how many words begin with "un-" in Albanian.
The derivation should be as follow: