[tied] Re: Albanian pre and Romanian prada (was: Question on Albani

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

>
> altamix wrote:
>
> > I am not sure either. The plural form shows an "ã" instead of the
> > expected "e" if there has been an earier "e" > "ea" > "a".
> > I should have expected "*prezi" but the plural is "prãzi" and that
> > will speak for an "a" there, not for an "e".
>
> Not if we assume that the effect of /pr-/ is similar to that of /p-/,
> which retracts an unstressed *e (as well as *ae, *i, e:, *oe) to ã,

cf.

> <pãcat>. Cf. also Rom. prãdá < praeda:re.
>
> Piotr
>

Piotr, did you see the Aromanians forms for pradã in my previous
posting regarding pradã? If yes, for sure that there was an *a there
and not *e...

Please check them...

Best Regards,
Marius