Re: [tied] Albanian (3)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "altamix" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

> 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- >

mjekër)

> > 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

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There are three roots in *sekW-: *sekW-1 'to follow'. *sekW-2 'to
perceive, see' and *sekW-3 'to say, utter'.
To my view, *sekW-1 'to follow' yields Alb. gjuej/gjuaj 'to hunt,
shoot' < gjuonj < gjounj < *so:nyo < *sokW-enyo. <gjah> 'hunt(ing),
shoot(ing)', derived from suffixed o-grade form *sokW-so.
Derivatives includes also: <gjuetar> 'hunter', '<gjueti> 'hunting' ,
etc.

Konushevci