Re: [tied] d(e)rectum

03-02-04 23:55, Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

> In unstressed initial syllables, /e/ /e:/ and /i/ all give Rom. ã.

... with some qualifications: regularly after labials, /s/ and /r/, but
also at least occasionally in prefixal *de- (< di:-, de:-):

dãpãra < *depeláre < de:pila:re
dãrâma < *deramáre < de:- + *ra:ma:re

Piotr