Re: [tied] *g'(h)- > d as aberrant outcome

On Sun, 09 May 2004 00:55:57 +0200, alex
<alxmoeller@...> wrote:

>>> hmmm... why Alb. "G'"?
>>> so far I know, Alb. "gjendër" is seen as a derivative from Latin
>>> "glandula"(the same is said about Rom. "ghindurã"; if that is true
>we
>>> have already the change "gl" > "g" in Alb. as well and then we do
>not
>>> have to search for any Alb. "G'"
>>
>> gl > gj = G' (voiced palatal stop).
>>
>
>and the change G' > ghe in Rom should be seen as a "depalatalisation"?

I was talking about Albanian (where gj- from Latin gl-, gl^-
merged with natibe /G'/ from *j-). I don't think we need to
assume a palatal stop in Romanian: glandula > gl^ândurã >
gjândurã > gindurã (spelt with gh-).


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