Re: [tied] Re: IE prefix "*s"

19-12-03 14:07, tgpedersen wrote:

>> I'm not sure where <sipër> comes from, but since it fails to match
>> *super- on two counts I suspect that the similarity between the two
> is
>> accidental.
>
> Which two counts?

1) PIE *s : Alb. s is the first mismatch, because normally initial *s
corresponds to Alb. gj- (in a stressed syllable) or Alb. sh- (in an
unstressed syllable)

2) PIE *u : Alb. i is the other mismatch, because PIE u is normally
preserved in Albanian.

Piotr