... your ... You can still get to the latest version (unchanged since March) via http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richard.wordingham/sounds/index.htm . The result...
... of "s", thus the ... the word ... explained by Roth ... And where, pray, does "*eo" come from? Does not 'Vlat' _eo_ come from Latin _ego_? _Magis_ 'more'...
... it entered the language with the form "*eo" for "magis" how I said, I have problems in seing being it kept in "deget", "faget", and a lot other examples...
... too ... rise ... Highly unlikely! The guttural has been quite vulnerable to loss in its various forms - Romance *eo (or whatever), English _I_ (cf. Old ...
... Very interesting... Just a small change to be made: "l" between an "o/u" and an "i" disappears. examples: folium -> foi (instead of foli) coleus -> coi...
... fact is, in Rom. there is stil the "g". As well as in "trage" (to pull, eng. drag) as well as many other words which do not show any habbit of "late Latin"...
... vs. ... common ... [j] ... one ... pull, eng. ... of "late ... nonexistent ... could re-make ... You missed the point. The point is that the loss of /g/ ...
... Some of the names of the tribes found in Iberian space are: Albocensese, Ambirodaces, Arevaci, Argeli, Aurienses, Barbarii, Berones, Bibali, Bbursaonenses,...
... the ... The ... the ... understood ... word ... We know there is sometimes universal lenition of /g/ in late spoken Latin - Romance *eo evidences it. It...
... that ... claiming ... for ... Alb. "më". ... imposible ... be ... should ... of "plus". ... is ... spoken ... am ... <magis> - ... in /plu:s/. ... ...
... Romanian shows here an another evidence. Beside of "ieu"( that is the corect pronounciation for "eu" apparently Rom. presents everywhere an "g" there where...
... message ... Where I am contradicting you? I didn't dispute the native origin of the Albanian word. I merely suggested that the construction might be of...
... have to take ... well since ... from ... Agree? No. The 'less' form is not the usual way of making a comparison in English, which has been subject to very...
... OK we can remain just at "more". The outgoing ppoint of you was: "Actually, is it possible that the Albanian comparative construction is based on the...
... by myself ... [AK] Albanian forms are: positive: i mirë 'good' comparative: më i mirë 'better' superlative: më i miri or shumë më i mirë 'best' ... ...
... thank you for correction Abdullah. What I wonder is the comparative of 3 steps which are in Rom because after "better" is not immediately the "best" but an...
... ************ Alb. adv. <shumë> 'many, much', according to Meyer is borrowed from Lat. summus 'uppermost, highest' (419), but Camarda thinks it's cognate...
... maybe from "summa" for explaining "ë". But very unlikely for a such noun to become an adverb. Does in Geg dialects exista the variant "shumaj"? Alex...
... from ... substantive ... such noun to ... ************ No, as far as I know. Exists patronymic Sumaj, but no such form of adverb. If it was inherited word,...
Hi Abdullah, is there any general rule for making the imperfect in Albanian? Without taking a look at any kind of etymology from the way how the Imperfect...
... the ... infinitive ... difference ... to "a" for ... [AK] 1st sing = kam (I have), 2nd sing = ke (you have) and 3rd sing = ka (he/she has) ... to "a" for ...
Richard, I suppose your rationament is as follow: -there has been an umbric word which entered Vulgar Latin and from this , entered Romanian as well. I mean...
... this , ... or "fereste-te" ... meant "I ... and survived ... the etym. ... ************ Rom. <a feri> 'to protect, shelter; to take care', for me, is very ...
... protect'; ... I am not aware of Rom. "droa"; it looks like being incomplete this word or maybe a regionalism, one I never heard about. I guess once as I...
... I said the word looks incomplete to me. I cannot guess what you have in mind when you say "dro". There are several words which begins with "dro-" droaie,...
... this , ... or "fereste-te" ... meant "I ... and survived ... the etym. ... Why look to Umbrian? Latin has _fero:_, infinitive _ferre_ ''carry'. In late...
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