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

On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 15:39:26 +0000, alexandru_mg3 <alexandru_mg3@...>
wrote:

>Hello Miguel,
> I proposed you to take the Latin Loans in Albanian in order to
>discuss the reflex of Latin /di/ to Albanian, but you have ignored
>this argument.
>
> I'm obliged to put in equation this fact too, because it shows
>that ep-Albanians had 'some problems' too, to reproduced Latin /di/.
>
> Lat. dirigere Alb. drejtoj
> Lat. directus Alb. derjt

Alb. drejt. VL d(e)réctu > Cat. dret, Rom. drept. No /di/ here.

> Lat. vir[i]dis Alb. i/e verdhë 'yellow'

Lat. viride(m) > VL. vér(e)de > Cat. verd. No /di/ here.

> Lat. judicare Alb. gjykoj

VL jud(e)cáre > Cat. jutjar. Alb. loss of -d-. No /di/ here.

> Lat. medicus Alb. mjek

VL. méd(e)cu > Cat. metge. Alb. loss of -d-. No /di/ here.

> Conclusions: Both lp-Albanians and ep-Romanians HAD PROBLEMS to
>reproduce the Latin /di/.

My conclusion is that you have problems with the basic principles of
Romanistics.


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