*dus > dysh- ( was Re: [tied] Latin du:rus)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

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> alexandru_mg3 schrieb:
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> > The Albanian form is dushman with the stress on the last

syllable.

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> yes, I checked up home in my dictionary as well. And here I have

to

> put some questions for Alb. for instance. Alb. has the "y" als

being

> almost the same sound as Turkish "ü". I wonder why should a

Turkish

> "ü" became an "u" in Alb. For instance, there is the word "dyqan"
> which has its counterpart in Rum. "dugheanã" and they should be

both

> loaned from Turkish "dükkan". The turkish "ü" here is -as expected-

> rendered as "y" in Alb. and not as "u". Even the turkish "ö"

appears

> to be rendered as "y" in Alb. if turkish "dösheme" is the word

which

> got loaned in Alb. as "dyshemé" and in Rum. as "dushumea".
> Thus, Turkish "ü" should be rendered as "y" in Alb. and not as "u".
> For Rum. the rendering of "ü" in "u" is expected since the

diphtong

> "iu" is the only appropiate sound to "y" but it

feels "unspeakable"

> after a dental in that position. So, why Alb. "u" in dushman?
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> Alex
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The Turkish path is less probable. I propose to follow the Greek
one...