Re: [tied] Re: Lat. cotoneus > Rum. gutui is ok?

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:30:28 +0100, alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

>About "-neus" one cannot say the same; one need the "i" for making the
>"n" to become palatal. The "e" _is not_ enough.

Yes it is. The -e- is unstressed and followed by another vowel, which
means that already in Vulgar Latin it had become /j/. Cf. Catalan codony
(where <ny> is the spelling for palatal /n^/) < cotoneus.

>For this see in your
>example the conj. of the same verb at the pers III sg (spun-e). The
>desinence being "e" the "n" remain very stable there.

That's a normal vocalic /e/. Your comparing codonys amb peres.

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