Re: [tied] Re: Albanain Crow (was: Albanian (1))

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 29915
Date: 2004-01-23

23-01-04 04:41, Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

> My guess is that Alb. <sorrë> is derived from PIE form *k^we:rnah2 >
> c^orra: > sorrë, because of /-rr-/ < /-rn-/.

Not impossible, but the -rr- may be merely expressive (there's are some
cases ao free variation between -r- and -rr- in Albanian), and Rom.
cioara doesn't show a trace of -n-, so *k^we:rh2-ah2 is my first choice.

Piotr