alexandru_mg3 wrote:
> In the derivation below:
>
> a) PIE *dwo-ih1 + uh1 > PAlb *dwai:u: > [ai >e] PAlb *dweiu: >
> PAlb [w>zero; ei>i] > dju: > [iu:>y] > Alb. dy 'two'
Lotsa question-marks:
I don't understand what this *-uh1 is supposed to be, and why I should
believe it isn't merely an ad-hoc ornament.
I don't understand why the masculine form of "two" (/dy/) should have
been derived from the PIE feminine/neuter form plus this mystery morpheme.
I don't understand why, if the feminine/neuter form is historically more
fundamental (as the derivation above seems to imply), the actual
Albanian feminine /dy:/ is an extension of its masculine counterpart.
I don't understand several minor details of the proposed phonetic
development, and especially the failure of *dj- to yield Mod.Alb. /z-/.
Piotr