[tied] Re: Chico [...]

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao" wrote:

> In Portuguese, besides the usual shift pl->ch-, there is also
> the pl->pr-, cf. platu > prato "dish", and plaga > chaga "wound,
> stigma", praga "plague, pest"

Yup. Actually, for inherited words, the regular evolution before
stress is pl- > ch-, while for unstressed vowel following consonant
nexus one has normally pl- > pr-; for intermediate loanwords from
Latin, one has either the exitus pr- or pl- (like in <plaga>).

Regards,
Marius Iacomi