Re: [tied] PIE Stop System

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 25871
Date: 2003-09-17

17-09-03 14:51, Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

> ... <i drejtë> 'right' from d-reg^-to-, ... from basic root *reg^-

Abdullah, this is a Latin word, despite containing the root you
presumably have in mind! <di:réctus> developed the meaning 'right' as in
French, Spanish or Romanian (<droit>, <derecho>, <drept>). The sequence
*-g^t- > *-k^t- would have been simplified to Alb. -t- if the word were
inherited.

Piotr