Re: Barba and Bestia: bH>b (dissimilation)

On 2009-08-07 01:16, dgkilday57 wrote:

> > Do these examples prove a dissimilation bH-dH > b-dH in Latin?
>
> No, because we have <fiber> 'beaver' and <febris> 'fever'. Probably
> <barba> was extracted from <imberbis>, <Ahe:nobarbus>, etc. I do not
> know the origin of <be:stia>.

We also have <fodio:> and <fi:do:>, both from *bH...dH- roots.

Piotr