Re: [tied] Re: Olsen's Law [was: PIE Ploughs]

From: Joao
Message: 29978
Date: 2004-01-25

Only another example of how this diphthong can influence the following consonants.
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From: Miguel Carrasquer
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 12:38 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Olsen's Law [was: PIE Ploughs]

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:57:29 -0200, Joao <josimo70@...> wrote:

>In Latin > Romance, -au- prevent following consonants to proceed lenition.
>
>Ex:
>
>Latin lacus - Portuguese lago, Spanish lago
>Latin paucus - Portuguese pouco, Spanish poco

That's right.  Why is that?


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