Re: [tied] ornit. terminology (Re: Piotr-)

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 25488
Date: 2003-09-03

03-09-03 13:51, Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

> About *g^Hjes- > heri: > ieri, I must say that in Alb. is preserved
> *g^H- > d - in dje 'yesterday', like in <dorër>.

Of course. It's an inherited word in Albanian, and shows the normal
Satem development of *g^H. Rom. ieri is not substratal (unlike the
'stork' word) but normally inherited from PIE via Latin. Incidentally,
Eng. yester- is also related (cf. Ger. gestern).

Piotr