Re: [tied] Alb. djathtë -- Where does the come from? (the sol

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3"
<alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3"
> <alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:
> I have searched again this evening and the single possible other
> example that reflects k's or g's in Albanian seems to be (I

already

> posted it):
>
> II. ith 'behind' < PIE *eg^hs 'out'
> =====================================
> If the derivation is correct (->the semantism doesn't fit

100%)

> we have also :
> PIE *g's > dzs > c /ts/ > th
>
> Note: The extended form PIE *eg^hs-to regularly give Alb.
> jashtë 'outside' with the rule: PIE *Cst > Alb. sht
>
> Final Note: I couldn't find any other example reflecting the
> clusters *k's or *g's in Albanian.
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Marius Alexandru

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I think that the derivation is OK. PIE *eg'hs- > Alb. ith 'behind'
due to eCC > iCC. For semantism you have Sl. <iza> 'id.'. I found
also plausible Barich's etymology of Alb. <bithë> 'backside, anus',
with bemolized /i/ > /y/ due to bilabial /b/ as a prefixed form of
mbë- 'on' and <ith> 'behind' (cf. Serbo-Croatian <zadnjica> (cf.
German <hinten>'behind', hinter 'anus').

KOnushevci