Re: [tied] Re: Catunari

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

>> I don't know why we must
>> deny that Alb. suffix - ishte is not from the same verb <ishte> was!
>
> Because its history is easily traceable to Slavic *-is^c^e <
> *-i:sk-jo-. Slavic has both *-is^c^e and the historically underlying
> suffix *-isko. The South Slavic reflex of *-is^c^e is <-is^te>, and
> that's the source of both Albanian <-ishte> and Romanian <-i$te>; the
> meaning of both is the same as in Slavic; it would be just silly to
> deny the connection.
>
> Piotr

I am sorry to disturb; which is the meaning os Slavic " -is^c^e" and
which is the meaning of South Slavic "-is^te"?

Alex