Re: [tied] Re: Late Proto Albanian *3 /dz/ = Early Proto Romanian

On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 13:57:53 +0000, alexandru_mg3 <alexandru_mg3@...>
wrote:

>Hello Miguel,
> Your arguments are "false friends" here:
>
> 1. a) ep-Romanians "has problems" to pronounce /di/ IN SOME
>CONTEXTS , BUT NOT IN ALL. Here are other contexts too where
>
> lat. /di/ -> ep-rom. /di/:
>
> Lat. adiliare -> rom. adia
> Lat. landica -> rom. lindic
> Lat. eradicare -> rom. ridica
> Lat. radicula -> rom. ridiche
>
> b) also ep-Romanian /di/ is obtain from other Latin Loans (and not
>only) so its existance (LIKE IN in your ALBANIAN examples too) cannot
>be put in doubt :
>
> Lat. credentia -> rom. credinþã
> Lat. manitia -> rom. dimineaþã (rom. de + manitia )

These cases of secondary /di/ all postdate the development /di/ > /zi/, so
they're irrelevant.


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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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