Re: Albanian

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Abdullah Konushevci"
<akonushevci@...> wrote:

>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Alvin Ekmekciu" <a96_aeu@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Abdullah !
> >
> > Have you ever considered that Albanian <midhje> 'mussel' might

be a

> > Greek loan <ΜΎΔΙ> ?
> >
> > In your "Albanian inherited lexicon" you write:
> >
> > <midhje> `mussel' probably from extended form *mu:sd-eH2: Lat
> > mu:sculus (Pokorny mu:s – 752.)
> >
> > Alvin
> ************
> Dear Alvin,
> Old Greek form for "mussel" is <miaks, -akos> (see Pokorny mu:s -
> 752), but New Greek form is <to midhi>, that easy could be a loan
> from Albanian.
> I don't know did you have this in mind, for word you have written
> cannt be read.
>
> Konushevci

Hello Abdullah, yes I had written that word in Greek letters.

Do you see any relation to the other Albanian word
<stridhë> 'oyster', Greek <streidhi>.

It would also be interesting to know the etymology of Albanian
<oklonjë> 'nautilus'.

Regards
Alvin