> the first element, ... I can't think off hand of good examples,
Yes, I agree with you, Aides is not a good example. But there are others,
if only I could think of them! You do see it with the breathing in words
like aute (breathing on the a, not the u; accent on the e) = shout, as
opposed to aute, accented the same, but breathing on the u = this.