Re: [tied] Re: Automn and lamb

--- Abdullah Konushevci <akonushevci@...> wrote:

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

> Albanian, I'd prefer
> > * steribhuxwos > * steribwas > *sterpwas or
> something similar rather
> > than * sto:rbh- with no other evidence than Alb e.
> ************
> I doubt also on *sto:rbh-, for long *o: would
> underwent diphthongation
> to ou> uo > ua/ue. But, I would much more prefer an
> o-grade form
> *storibhuxwos and it will then be easy to explain
> Albanian form due to
> i-Umlaut: *storibhuxwos > EPAlb *staribu:wos> PAlb
> *starbio, where we
> have a >e Umlaut due to -i- > -y- and *-io-/-oi- >e.

Since there's no other evidence for any o-grade in
*ster-, etc., and there are so many possibilities to
account for the Albanian words (borrowing or strange
changes similar to related languages but without ev.
in any other Albanian words) I strongly prefer e not
o. Assuming Albanian and Greek both retain a word <
PIE then *steribhuxwos is almost guaranteed by Greek
evidence. If it was just early borrowing from Greek
to Albanian, that would also obviate any need for an
*o in PIE.



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