CC-clusters containing N in Albanian
From: alexandru_mg3
Message: 42499
Date: 2005-12-14
Hello Abdullah,
I couldn't find another bn > m examples but
Alb. lumë/lum `happy, blessed', however I think that we can consider
as the general rule <<labial>>n > m
I.
pn > m (gjumë)
np > ?
bn > m (lumë)
nb > ?
mn > m (dëm < Lat.damnum)
nm > m (emër)
My Question: Abdullah, how you find out that the mn was the
intermediary stage? Based on the preservation of mn in Proto-Romanian?
Other Rules:
II.
gn > nj (njoh)
ng -- ng
kn > ? (I don't have example here)
nk > ng (nga 'out' < *en-ka
III.
nc^ > s ('pesë' in fact was nc^>nc>ns>s)
c^n > ? (any help is welcome) (Rom. c^n > s^n)
ng^ > z (I suspect similar ng^>n3>nz>z see mëz)
g^n > ? (any help is welcome) (Rom. g^n > z^n)
IV.
nc > s (I don't have example here but nc > ns > s)
cn > n? (any help is welcome)
n3 > z (mëz <-> Rom. mânz < PAlb *mandya)
3n > n? (any help is welcome)
sn > n (nus 'thread')
ns > s
V.
-V'ntV(V) > V'nVV (man~mënd 'mulberry') (Dacian
manteia 'blackberry')
(V' = any vowell but not e => -entV(V) -- entV(V)
nt > nd (lend 'acorn')
tn > n? (any help is welcome -> I suspect n)
nd -- nd
dn > n? (any help is welcome -> I suspect n)
VI.
ln > ll
nl > ll
rn > rr ('zorrë')
nr > rr
VII Other Rules
Tosk V-n-V > r
n > nj (in some contexts)