Re: [tied] Prope (Re: Albanian "f" [...])

> >>
> >> What is "afion" supposed to be linked to? What example gave
> >> Abdullah supporting /p/ > /f/ in Albanian when not before /t/?
> >
> > afion= Opium
>
> It looks more like a loanword from Greek "opion".
>

Isn't <afion> a loan from Turkish <afyon>, ultimately from Arabic
<afyu:n>, and then from Greek?

Jim Rader