[tied] Re: Laryngeal theory as an unnatural

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tolgs001" wrote:

>>> curuna and after this became "cununa" or was first the coro:na >
>>> "*cono:na" and at last, "cununã". This was the only speculation
>>> which I made on Obs. 1, not more.
>
>> And the disappointing fact is that we can't tell from modern
>> Romanian.
>
> I barely remember that in some centuries old Rumanian texts
> there's the spelling curună, but I can't remember where &
> how old.

I can't reemmber something of the kind, but...

> Anyway, if my assertion is correct, than this is quite
> precious, as an attested intermediary betw. corónă and
> cunună.

... the form "curunã" is Aromanian, which should be in this case
the inferred Common Romanian form. Assimilation took place after
dialectal separation.

Cheers,
Marius Iacomi