Re: * -er > -ër

From: Abdullah Konushevci
Message: 25883
Date: 2003-09-17

The same presumably goes for
> dhëndër, def. dhëndri, although I do not understand the funny
plural
> dhëndúrë. Also, since dërdëlít is accented on the suffix, I see
> nothing unusual about the reduced vowels of its first part. I'm
sure
> you are right about the dissimilation.
>
> Jens
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Isn't it the impact of analogy, like: <dorë> 'hand', but plural
duer/duar, also dialectal variant du:r or like <derë> 'door', but
plural <dyer>, dialectal variant dy:r.

Konushevci