Re: [tied] Re: Question on Albanian sy

alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> Piotr, o: > e (is reflected Only on the first wave of Latin loans
> Rom. pom <-> Alb. pemë < Lat. po:mus But not on the next waves) has
> finished long before the lost of d in Albanian (somewhere between sec
> VI-IX)
>
> So no:dus > *nedu is for sure the first stage and from there the
> possible forms coudl be only *neu > *ne

You didn't read my posting carefully. Let me try again:

If the loan was early, *no:du- > *nödu- > nö:- > ne-. Extended with a
nasal, this yields <nye>.

If the loan was relatively late, *no:du- > nodu- > no:- > no-. Extended
with a nasal, this yields <nue>, alternating with <nye> in umlauting
contexts.

The latter explanation should be preferred, IMO, as it's more consistent
with the dialectal facts. If so, the sg. <nye> is analogical
(generalised from the old plural *nyenj).

Piotr