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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham" wrote:

> There are four Latin sources of Romanian z:
>
> a) di: > zi
> b) di + vowel > z + vowel (i unstressed)
> c) de + vowel > z + vowel (e unstressed)
> d) de + consonant > ze + consonant (e stressed (and short); nasals
> can 'bleed' the rule, cf. _tempus_ > _timp_)
>
> Routes (b), (c) and (d) all have an intermediate stage of dj +
> vowel.

In http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/15462 I gave more
precise rules for case d). Out of these four sources, there are at
least three others:
e) (g)ja > za : jace(re) > zãcea, absungia > osânzã
f) s (before voiced consonant/liquid) > z (*exbattue(re) > sbate >
zbate, *exvola(re) > sbura > zbura, *exventa(re) > svânta > zvânta,
dis + lega(re) > deslega > dezlega);
g) z (rare Latin) > z: zema > zeamã, ba(p)tizare > boteza;

Regards,
Marius Iacomi