Re: b/m alternation in Thacian, Illyria and Abanian

> a) Torsten, the transformations are :
>
> nb > mb
> np > mp

Between what and what (language, dialect)?

> This is Common For Romanian and Albanian => that lead us to a
> timeframe for these transformations somewhere 500BC-0BC when
> Romanian-Substratum and PAlbanian didn't split yet
>
> b) The Illyrian and Thracian connections are only suppositions -
> > 'we don't have' clear /mb/ etymologies for these languages

No, but you have m/b alternations.

> c) an initial mb- could be the result of *h1en-b (in Albanian)
> the nuance being 'could'...

If so, why is that *h1en semantically empty?


Torsten