Re: [tied] Albanian outside the centum-satem division?

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 40296
Date: 2005-09-22

Grzegorz Jagodzinski wrote:

> This material is not convincing. As Hermann pointed out in his discussion of
> the problem (1907: 47f.), the velars may have been restored analogically in
> these words.

Hardly in causatives (like *sworgH-éje/o- > dergjem), which never had a
back vowel after the root-final consonant in any of their conjugational
forms, and so no obvious source of analogical influence can be proposed.
In roots with a securely reconstructed final labiovelar we do find the
expected palatalisalion (e.g. ndez 'ignite' < *-dHogWH-éje/o-) and I'm
not aware of any velar restoration there.

Piotr