Re: Portuguese farpa "barb" < *bHardHa?

From: stlatos
Message: 70102
Date: 2012-10-02

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "dgkilday57" <dgkilday57@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <sean@> wrote:
> >

>
> > Mone:ta L;
> >
> > mu:nus, commu:nis L;
>
> Even a beginner recognizes these as false friends, since *mon- and *moin- cannot be interchanged in stems.


I never said Mone:ta << mu:nus. They're simply some of many words showing no m>f before a later nasal.