Re: [tied] Re: The Birds - etymology found

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 4477
Date: 2000-10-22

Old Polish variants like chwila ~ fila 'moment' or chwal/a ~ fal/a 'glory', chwytac' ~ fytac' 'catch'.
 
Piotr
 
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From: João Simões Lopes Filho
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Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: The Birds - etymology found

Joao wrote:
 
what are the main examples of xw>f ?
----- Original Message -----
From: Piotr Gasiorowski
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Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: The Birds - etymology found

... in several Slavic dialects historical *xw- came to be realised as [f].