Re: [tied] Re: Albanian (1)

23-01-04 01:10, Richard Wordingham wrote:

> Do you mean that in these intervocoid positions, PIE g^(H)
> yields /D/; elsewhere you have said that intervocalic *d disappears.
>
>> Some examples:
>>
>> *k^onídah2 > *canída: > Geg thëni:, Tosk thër(r)ijë

At the time intervocalic *-D- from *-d- was lost, the reflex of PIE
*g^(H) was still an affricate (*3), which prevented it from
disappearing. The merger of *3 and *D is more recent than the loss.

Piotr