>>> does anyone know of any language which changes voiced
alveolar
>> stops (or a cluster of alveolars) to alveolar liquids
REGULARLY,
>> especially word-initially?
> >Latin shows this change, initially and medially, in a
number of words,
> e.g. lingua,
Yes, I know this case. It comes from OLat "dingua", doesn't
it? Some etymological dictionaries say, the initial /l/ was due
to contamination by the /l/ in "lingo" (I lick).
>oleo,
Is there an attested d-form of this word? I thought it was
borrowed from Greek (élaion, élajwon?) and that Greek had borrowed it from an
unknown Mediter. language. What should be then its IE
reconstruction?
>solium,
I see. So, /d/ would become /l/ when followed by a high front
vowel?
> levir,
I'm confused. Isn't this akin to Gr. elaxýs, Skt. laghú- and
sim.? Where should the /d/ be here?
> capitolium,
What's the meaning of "capitolium", please?
> impelimenta.
I see.
>These look like dialect borrowing. If so, that dialect of
Italic would, or
>might, be an answer to your question.
Maybe. Thank you, Peter.
What are the most common (attested) patterns of (C)C(C)>l
or L? Can someone possible help me, please?
Petusek