Re: [tied] Re: Albanian pre and Romanian prada

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 42367
Date: 2005-12-02

Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

> ... There are also two words that contain group <ae>, supposed to be
> from Latin: caepa > Geg <kepë>, Tosk <qepë> 'onion', caelum > Alb. Geg
> <qiella>, Tosk <qielli>, etc.

Lat <ae> is not "a group" (except in the orthographic sense) but a way
of spelling a Classical Latin diphthong.

Piotr