Re: [tied] Ukrainian words from Carpathians

> there are some words in Latin iteslf where /l/ was replaced by /r/ or
> vice versa. Of course none speak about "rothacism" in Literar Latin but
> there are enough testimonies to speak about l=r in Lingua prisca.

Absolute tripe! PIE /l/ and /r/ are preserved unchanged in Latin, except
where they are:
(a) affected by assimilation (eg intellego)
(b) simplified in a consonant cluster (eg posco < *porsco)
(c) dissimilated (eg vulgaris < *vulgalis)

Peter