Re: [tied] Assimilation -gm- > -mm-

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 35013
Date: 2004-11-09

On 04-11-08 19:10, alex wrote:

> apparently there is no extension in "k" there thus I wonder about
> "flacără"(flame) in Rom. can be explained from the same root.The accepted
> etymon for Rom. "flacără" is latin *flaccula (=facula)

It looks to me like <facula> 'little torch' hybridised with <flammula>
'little flame'.

Piotr