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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> altamix wrote:
>
> > I don't sustain I know them, I just advance a supposition which
> > appears to be logical. I guess we have the "first palatalisation"
> > of "s" in Albanian when followed by palatal vowels and a secondary
> > palatalisation of "s" which became generalised, regardless what
> > kind of vowel followed, the rulle known as s > sh.
>
> You guess, eh? Well, you guess wrong, since we also have gj- before
> back vowels, as in gjak 'blood' < *sokWo- and gjallë 'healthy' <
> *solwo-.
>
> Piotr

Yes, I guess. And I guess more. I guess you forgot the change of "o:"
to "e". You will say maybe there is no "o:" in *sokWo- and *solwo-

Alex