Re: [tied] Albanian (3)

From: altamix
Message: 30668
Date: 2004-02-04

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:
> 3. The incredible adventures of *s
>
> PIE *s disappeared from in many positions already in the earliest
> history of Albanian. It was lost before nasals (*smek^ru- > mjek�r)
> and probably always before and after liquids (the proposed
> development of initial *sr- > *str- > shtr- is based on doubtful
> evidence).

> Piotr

Piotr, can it be in initial poisition the PIE *s was too lost in Albanian ?
Is there any reflex of PIE *sekW- in Albanian?

Alex