Re: Satem and desatemisation (was: Albanian (1))

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:

> 26-01-04 21:37, P&G wrote:
>
> > Steady on! This is a little overstated. In Albanian there are

a few

> > (?four) words that show *kW > s before an original front vowel,

while *k >

> > g' in the same context.
>
> *k /+ > k' (spelt <q>).
>
> > The lack of counter-examples has allowed us to
> > suggest that these are the regular reflexes, but the basis for

this rule is

> > still slight! In most cases the outcome of PIE *kW and *k is

identical.

>
> The examples are actually more numerous. Let me add a few (without
> casting my net very wide):
>
> sy 'eye(s)' < *(a)c^i: < *h3okW-íh1 (with the original dual ending
> influenced by <dy> '2')
>
> -s < PIE *-kWe, e.g. in mos 'don't' < *meh1-kWe
>
> si 'how' < *kWih1 (ins.sg.)
>
> sjell 'return, carry, fetch' < kWelh1-
>
> Combined with the examples of *gW(H) /+ > z, they amount to

substantial

> evidence!
>
> Piotr

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Except sjell 'return, carry, fetch' < *kWelh1- and, maybe, sy 'eye
(s)', two other examples are very dubious, to not say phantasmagoric.

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