Re: [tied] CC-clusters containing N in Albanian

From: Abdullah Konushevci
Message: 42501
Date: 2005-12-14

On 12/14/05, alexandru_mg3 <alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:
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 > ?
 
*nepo:t-ya: > mbesë, probably through *n(e)pesë > mbesë 'grandchild, niece'.

bn > m  (lumë)

nb > ?
 
I didn't make any research yet.

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?
 
As well as based in inherited lexicon of Albanian.

Other Rules:

II.    
gn > nj   (njoh) 
 
Correct: *g'ne:sko > njoh 'to know', as well as *-gn-.

ng -- ng    

kn > ? (I don't have example here)
 
I guess that also *-kn- > nj, if my etymology of <majë> 'nip, peak, summit' could be derived from më- (<*ambhi-) + *ak'-n-ya: (cf. Gr. akros).

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)
 
I have yet no idea.

ng^ > z   (I suspect similar ng^>n3>nz>z see mëz) 

g^n > ?   (any help is welcome) (Rom. g^n > z^n)   

See above.
 
 

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)
 
As a rule: *-ms-, *-ns-, *-sm-, *-sn- > /m/, /n/

 

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')
 
*-nt-, as well as -mb- ended very early in /n/ and /m/ through assimilation in contact: nn > n and mm > m: *g'ombhos > dhâm, but in Tosk dialect it gets homorganic /b/ > dhëmb. So, forms with -nd-, -mb- are secondary.

tn > n?  (any help is welcome -> I suspect n)
 
Correct: zotnë (Old acusative) > zonë 'lord, master', motnë > monë 'weather, year'

      
nd -- nd >
 
nn > n

dn  > n? (any help is welcome -> I suspect n)
 
I have no idea. Maybe I will make later more researches.

VI.
ln  > ll : *kWel-no > sjell 'to bring, cultivate', *wel-no < vjell 'to vomit, turn'

nl  > ll
 
?

rn  > rr  ('zorrë')

nr  > rr   
 
?

 

VII Other Rules

  Tosk V-n-V > r

  n > nj (in some contexts)








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