Re: Albanian (1)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tolgs001" <george.st@...> wrote:

> >Argessos > Arze$ makes sense
>
> There isn't a pronunciation with [z], but with [dZ]
>
> >*Argessius would yielkd *Arje$.
>
> This is valid for the DR subdialectal areas
> Transylvania, Banat and most of Moldavia (where
> virtually all [dZ]s are replaced by [Z]).

Sorry, I'm having a bad day quoting from memory. The actual form,
_Arge$_, implies something like Latin *arges(s)ios.

My plea for data on the fate of Latin -s(s)i- before a vowel still
stands.

Richard.