Re: [tied] Latin barba in disaccord with Grimm's Law?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:

>
> f-b>b-b
> So, why not
> febris > bebris
> fibula > bibula
> faber > baber
> faba >baba
>
> ????

A very old theory put forward by Alois Walde has it that there is a
Grassmann-type dissimilation in Latin if a liquid intervenes. That
takes care of examples like barba, glaber, gradior and a few others I
don't remember at the moment.

Jens