Re: Latin tenebrae derivation

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> On 2008-12-15 23:07, alexandru_mg3 wrote:
>
> > But why e-a > e-e?
>
> *a and *e merged as *e in non-initial syllables. Before a single
> consonant, they would have become /i/, but apparently the -br-

cluster

> protected the /e/ from furter reduction (in colloquial Latin it could
> even make the penultimate syllable heavy and stressed, cf. Sp.

tiniéblas.

>
> > and especially why -m- > -n-?
>
> Dissimilation of /m...b/.
>
> Piotr

Thanks, Piotr