Re: [tied] Nominative: A hybrid view

On Fri, 23 May 2003 22:35:26 +0000, Jens Elmegård Rasmussen
<jer@...> wrote:

>Thanks for the support. I hardly dares adduce it, and I would still
>like to hear if you know of evidence that proves that
>intervocalic /s/ was ever voiced in Spanish? It is elsewhere, and <j-
>> [x-] was obviously once voiced, but is there real evidence for [z]
>> [s]?

Yes: intervocalic /s/ was written <ss> and /z/ was written <s>. E.g.

USU > uso /uzo/
AUSARE > osar(e) /ozar(e)/
FORMOSU > hermoso /hermozo/

vs.

GRASSU > grasso /graso/
PASSU > passo /paso/
GROSSU > gruesso /grweso/
TRAVERSU > traviesso /travyeso/


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