[tied] Re: Six, -ts- > -ks-

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 13:04:45 +0000, tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>
> wrote:
>
> >How would you explain the French spelling with <-x> in many
> >placenames, eg Caix, presumably once /-s^/?
>
> As I said, French -x normally has two origins:
>
> - as a ligature for final -us < *-ls
> - as a Latinizing spelling for -idz (voiz ~ voix because of vox,

etc.)

>
>
> According to http://crehangec.free.fr/pic.htm, the etymology of

Caix is

> simply Quai. The -x is spurious.
>

Your link says

Caix kai (quai, digue)

A few old forms would be nice. Or else I think something else is
spurious.

Torsten