[tied] PIE *y > Alb. /z/ (was Re: Romanian Verb )

> Jens
>I suppose you're thinking of the word fryt 'fruit'. It is commonly
>interpreted to reflect a development from *frujt because of the old
>spelling <fruit>. But that is a spelling from a writing system that
>had no letter for /y/ (/ü/). The Latin word is fru:ctus with a
>long /u:/ which should give Alb. /y/. If the vowel were short, the -
>ct- should have given -ft-; -ct- became -jt- after a front vowel, as
>in drejt, but -ft- after a back vowel, as in luftë 'war' (Lat.
>lucta 'wrestle'). Therefore the Old Albanian spelling surely stands
>for [fryjt] with a front [y], so it's a from with -yj- that has
>given fryt.

It's a splendid derivation Jens: I fully agree with *fryjt.

Jens, could you try a derivation for i,e,të,së the forms of the
Albanian Preposed Article ?

Thanks for your feedback,
Marius Alexandru