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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
> Abdullah Konushevci wrote:
> >> PIE *y > Alb. /z/
> >>
> >
> no; there is Latin scabia and Rom. zgaibã; an initial *y is excluded
> here
> Alex
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I am grateful about this notice, because Alb. <zgjebë> can very well
be explained and derived from Rom. <zgaiba>, for *ai > Alb. /e/, even
in Latin loans. I am just not sure did Latin /a/ yields regularly
Rom. /ai/. /g/ and /k/ are regularly palatalized after front vowels.
Konushevci