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

From: altamix
Message: 30664
Date: 2004-02-04

. I can't think of any examples of
> Latin loans with initial /di:-/ except di:rigo: --> d�rgoj.

> Piotr

just for helping you out, there is no di:rigere > d�rgoj.
Here you have incidentaly the "d�" in that position due metathesis.
The latin "di:rigo" > "dregoj > d�rgoj.
For this situation you have as testimony the Romanian word "drege" which is
the same as Alb. "d�rgoj" both supposed to have as etymon Latin "di:rigere".

Alex