Re: [tied] Re: illyrian lexicon or inventory

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 27216
Date: 2003-11-15

14-11-03 22:59, Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

> In the case of Iadera > Zarë I suppose we must assume and intermediate
> form with <dz^>, which means that the word was mediated by late Latin
> and Balkan Romance.

On second thoughts, Venetian is the most likely (not to say obvious)
intermediary, cf. VLat. gentem > Ven. xente with [z-] or [ð-].

Piotr