Maybe I am getting crazy or crazy sound, but I am too much convinced
that in Proto-Albanian was characteristic, as in Illyrian, the shift
not only of labiovelar /kW/ in (p/s/k) as in Greek of *kW in
(p,t,k), /gW/ > (b/d/g) (cf. Ulkiana = Ulpiana and many other
examples), but also the shift of unvoiced palatal /k'/ in (b/th/s),
as in Gothic of labiovelar /gW/ > (b/g) For that reason, I am going
to give some examples, where, to my view, this phenomenon is present,
but with the request to get some feedbacks, especially from Mr.
Rasmussen, Mr. Vidal, Mr. Gasiarowski and all other members. We are
aware too that (un)aspirated palatal *g'h yields in many cases /d/,
so I can't see any reason why in some cases unvoiced palatal /k'/ to
not yields /b/, as yields velar /k/, followed by /t/ in many Latin
loans /f/ < /p/: cotoneum > ftue/ftua 'quince', probably from <ptue,
lucta > luftë < lupta 'fight, war', etc.
1. PIE *k'el- `to be prominent, hill'. Zero-grade form *k'lH1-i >
ballë `forehead, hill' (cf. Sl. c^elo `id.').
2. *k'er- `horn'. Suffixed zero-grade form *k'r.-nu > brin/brir
`horn', <brisk> `razor', <brinjë> `rib', extended suffixed form
*k'rH1s-kaH2 > breshkë `turtle', maybe also <buri> `trumpet, pipe'
loaned in Turkish as <boru> with regular evolution of /u/ > /o/ (cf.
Persian loans <dust> `friend' > Turk. dost 'id.', <kur> `blind' >
kor 'id.', etc.).
3. *k'er- `to grow'. Suffixed o-grade form *k'or-wo > burrë `growing
man' (cf. Gr. Dioskuri, ho koros `boy', he kore: `girl').
4. *k'euH-`to swell, hole'. Suffixed zero-grade form *k'u:-raH2 >
birë `hole', *k'u:m-enyo > bymoj `to swell', etc.
5. *k'euk- `to shine, to glow'. Suffixed zero-grade form *k'uk-ro > i
bukur `beautiful, shining, joyful'.
6. PIE *k'el- `to cover, conceale, save'. Zero-grade *k'l.->bul,
further suffixed in <(m)bulonj> `to cover', <zbuloj> `to discover'. I
like here to point out that syllabic /l./ yields in Illyrian /ul/
(cf. Ulkinion/Ulckinium from *wl.kWos), so we may say about <h1en-
gul> `to settle' from zero-grade form of *kWel- (cf.Gr.
<kaluptein> `to cover, conceal', Lat. <celare> `to hide'.
Last example suggests that in this case maybe we have to deal with
bilabialization of velars or the hell knows.
We may conclude for sure, that syllabic /l./ yields Alb./ul/, but if
followed by laryngal H1 (lH1) it yields /al/ (cf. <ballë `forehead,
hill), as syllabic /r./>ri, but rH1- > ar.
I am aware of the etymologies given by other scholars about these
words, except the verb <bymoj> `to swell', so I will beg others to
not lost much time about what the dominant opinion exists about
certain etymologies, but how much is convinced certain etymology.
*** I am repeating this message, with one new entry, because,
according to M. Iacomi, if you are not heralded by so-called
authorities, your claim is not true or is dubious. :))***
Konushevci