Re: -s -> -i

--- In cybalist@..., Piotr Gasiorowski <piotr.gasiorowski@...>
wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Miguel Carrasquer
> To: cybalist@...
> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 12:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Re: -s -> -i
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> > /s/ > /y/ is seen in Occitan and Catalan (vassaletu "little

vassal" > vaslet >

> Cat. vailet, Gasc. bailet "boy"), especially in Gascon: aine <

asne "donkey",

> nai < nas "nose", nui < nus "we". There is of course also Ancient

Greek *esmi >

> eimi (but <ei> can stand for /ey/ or for /e:/ with compensatory

lengthening).

>
> Compare also Skt. *z/*z. > *y as in *niz.d.a- > *niyd.a- > ni:d.a-

and *mazdHa- > *maydHa- > medHa-.

>
> Piotr

These are all nice examples of -Vs > -Vi. But what about the East
Romance 2sg -i, also after -C-? -ai > -i, etc?

Torsten