Re: Stacking up on standard works

I don't know the first thing about Basque historical phonology and I certainly don't want to derail this very interesting discussion, but I just have a very naive question:

If the PBasque form is *bontsi, why isn't there nasalization to *montsi?

Anders

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Tavi" <oalexandre@...> wrote:
> >
> However, I'm going to give you a couple of examples:
>
> PNC *=unddzE 'to hide, to steal, to conceal' (= stands for a
> class-prefix)
> Paleo-Basque *bints (u > i by delabialization)
> Basque mintz (B, G, HN, S, R) 'membrane, film', (B) 'milk cream', (HN)
> 'wheat grain with husk', mintzi (R) 'membrane, film'
> Spanish binza, Aragonese binza, bienza 'membrane, film; peritoneum'
>
> PNC *bo:nddz(w)V 'a k. of vessel'
> Paleo-Basque *bontsi
> Basque ontzi 'ship', (B, G, HN, S, R) 'vessel', untzi (Bazt, L, LN, Z)
> 'ship; vessel', (L, LN) 'stomach', unzi (LN) 'ship'
>