alexandru_mg3 wrote:
> You are right again. But on the other hand I have asked you : "Are
> you sure about another source of y but iu (u:) and iu"
> a) If you are sure, please post here a reliable example.
> b) If you are not sure, the u(:) and the i(:) was there because
> otherwise we cannot obtain any y...
Have _you_ got any certain examples of Alb. /y/ from *iu or *ui? As far
as I'm aware, the normal source of /y/ is Proto-Albanian *u: . It's true
that in a stressed final open syllable we get Alb. /i/ rather than /y/,
as in <mi> 'mouse' < *mu:(s-), but any *u: resulting from contraction
that occurred after the unrounding would have joined the mainstream
development into /y/, as have the *u:'s found in Roman-time borrowings.
As it happens, *duwo: itself is "reliable" enough, since it's a safely
reconstructed word of known structure.
Piotr