Re: Sk. Sarpis- and Oss. Carv

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> On 2008-08-06 06:58, Brian M. Scott wrote:
>
> > According to Fortson, PIE *s has five outcomes in Albanian,
> > <sh>, <th>, <gj>, <h>, and zero, with no perceptible pattern
> > accounting for all cases; this suggests that the present
> > state reflects dialect mixture. Other examples of initial
> > <gj> are <gjarpër> 'snake' < *serp-en-, <gjumë> 'sleep' from
> > *sup-no-, and <gjashtë> '6' from *s(w)ek^s-ti-.
>
> I'd say that (at least word-initially), <gj> (< voiced *z^) is the
> prevocalic reflex of *s- in a stressed syllable and <sh> is the
> "elsewhere" reflex. Note the difference between the numerals '6'

and '7'

> in Albanian (in that lexical class accent contrasts are

particularly

> well preserved).
>
> <th> (< *ts) is explained by the sporadic confusion of old *s and

*ts

> (usually due to dissimilation or assimilation at a distance in

words

> with more than one PAlb. sibilant) and <h> either reflects *Ks/*sK

or

> involves no *s at all.
>
> At any rate, gj- < *z^- < *s- is a common development.
>
> Piotr
>

Based on what you can reconstruct *z^- ?

z^ is the Romanian j? I don't remember exactly your notation.

Best Regards,
Marius