Re: Latin tardus

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> > Never heard of that. If so, why Latin <libet>,
> > older <lubet>, "pleases", related to OE <lufu>
> > "love"? And if *u>i there in Germanic, then one
> > would not find <lufu> nor <lof> "praise" nor OE
> > <lybb> "drug" (OHG <luppi>) related to Irish <luibh>
> > "herb".
>
> Depending on the time the rule occurs PIE *bh could
> have been *f in Latin; with dissimilation of *oi>ei;
> *eu>ei; *u>i later (if *lub>*lab fits in with *wr.()w
> > *ar()w it's probably fairly old).
>

Hans Kuhn (again), who would like to place the pre-Romans and pre-
Italics somewhere near his beloved Nordwestblock, points further to
the West German river Lippe, older Lupia.

Sporadic, ie sociolectal ü/u (cf the history of Dutch [ui], in the
neighborhood), later i/u?


Torsten