From: alex
Message: 28484
Date: 2003-12-14
>>Thank you...
>> hmmm... it can be this is not a sufix but just an ordinary ending of
>> borrowed Latin/Romance words. Take a look at the following examples
> and
>> maybe you can see if this "ending" is to find in words, other as
> Latin
>> borrowings:
>>
>> shkëndijë, fëmijë, etc.
>>
>> Alex
> ************
> Yes, liquid /l/ plus palatal glide /j/ yields in Albanian palatal
> glide /j/. So, we have Lat. familia > fëmijë 'child', Lat. ilia >
> ijë 'side, flank', Sl. nevolja > nevojë 'need', etc. Maybe also Lat.
> scintilla > shkëndijë 'spark' through analogy leveling.
>
> Konushevci