Re: [tied] Albanian as a satem langauge

From: alex
Message: 37451
Date: 2005-04-28

David Webb wrote:
> Albanian is meant to be "satem", but the word for 100 is nj�qind,
> where nj� means "one". Isn't qind more likely to be cognate with
> centum than satem?


"qind" is just a loan from Latin with regulat "ce" > "q" phonetical
aspect post Roman invasion in Balkan.

Alex




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