Re: [tied] Eh, Catherine!

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> One wonders why Catherine keeps the initial k-sound in Italian.
> Shouldn't it be something like /tsatarin&/?
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No, Italian Catarina is very normal. There's no trend Latin Ca->Italian Tsa-

In Romance languages Catarina kept her conservative graphy:

French Catherine, instead of *Che´rine
Portuguese Catarina, instead of *Cadrinha, Cadarinha
Spanish Catalina, instead of *Cadarina, Cadrina.