Re: Question regarding proto-albanian evolution of the PIE cluster

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Abdullah Konushevci
<akonushevci@...> wrote:

> PIE *ok'to(u)- > Palb *akto:(ti), due to apherisis of /a/ and *kt
> t
> > tetë 'eight'.
> PIE *sek- 'to cut', suffixed o-grade form *sok-ti > shat 'hoe', pl.
> sheten/shetër 'hoes' (Pokorny *sek-ti > shat 'id').
>
> Konushevci
>
> On 5/26/05, alexandru_mg3 <alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > I know that in Proto-Albanian the cluster kt passed to t (before

Roman

> > Times). There are several Albanian well known examples regarding

this

> > transformation.
> >
> > Could somebody help me and tell me what happened in Proto-

Albanian

> > with the cluster *k't.
> >
> > My supposition is that this cluster was reduced to *t in a

similar way

> > as *kt did (so would be PIE *k't > PAlb *t) but I couldn't find

any

> > example.
> >
> > Please help me here.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> > Marius Alexandru

See also: Alb. <dritë> 'light' from PIE *dr.k'-taH2 (/*r./ >Alb.
ri, k't > t), as well as *nokWtaH2 > Alb. <natë> 'night'.

Konushevci