Re: [tied] Re: Satem and desatemisation (was: Albanian (1))

27-01-04 14:21, Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

> Sorry, Piotr, but Alb. verb <dergjem> 'to languish, to flag' is
> denominal of Alb. <dergjë> 'disease, sickness', probably derived from
> <dargjë>, so <dergjë> is pluralised singular (cf. OIr <serg> 'sick,
> illness'). Such examples we have as in <flakë> 'flame', but denominal
> <flakem> 'to be thrown like flame', plak <old man>, but plakem 'to
> get old'.

Denominal verbs and causatives are formally so similar that it's easy to
confuse them. There's nothing in <dergjem>/<u dergja> that would rule
out its straightforward etymology as the Albanian mediopassive form of
*sworgH-eje- 'make sick', is there?

Piotr