Re: [tied] Romanian Development of /st/ (was: Against ... 'Albanian

Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 23:03:39 +0100, alex <alxmoeller@...>
> wrote:
>
>> The working out of "cr�ciun" from "creationem" looks very fuss
>> regarding the vocalism. It is not known in Rom. that /ea/ or /ja/
>> develop to a; what do your rules do with "e" or "j" here? Why does
>> it get lost?
>
> /j/ is regularly lost after /r/: *grEvu > *grievu > greu.
>
>
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> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

grevis > PBR grevis
rivus > PBR rEvus > r�u:
/e/, /E/ does not get lost after /r/ but it became "�"

my two cents about "grevis". there is no need for this supposed change of
you grevis > grEvu > grievu < greu
The word mentioned here "grewis" _is_ actualy Rom. "greoi"= hardly, I
assume "greu" is a regresive derivativ because here too there is no way to
loose the /i/.

Alex