[tied] Re: ph3 > b -> Albanian dë-borë Romanian zãpada and Dacia

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...>
wrote:

> II. Of course this pb need to be clarified if is was really pb etc...
> [like: maybe it was: ph3 > pH > b in Albanian and 'evolved'
> different in Romanian-Substratum for some contexts]
>
> But anyway finally we 'are obliged' to explain also why the
> intervocalic b in Romanian abur is still there...And there is a
> single answer: because it wasn't a simple b at that time...

Same for Alb. dëborë 'snow' : finally we 'are obliged' to explain also
why the intervocalic b in Albanian dëborë is still there (because
Albanian & Romanian share the same rule b/intervocalic>zero...And
there is a single answer: because it wasn't a simple b at that time...

Marius