On Wed, 15 Nov 2000 19:16:19 +0100, "Piotr Gasiorowski"
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gpiotr@...> wrote:
>The replacement of /s, z/ by Hungarian s, zs /S, Z/ is the rule in early loanwords (iskola <-- schola,), now the pattern is different (szemeszter, zoológia). The reason must be sought in early Hungarian phonetics -- a subject I know little about.
That's what I always imagined, but apparently this is not so. In his
excellent treatment of the "Historical Phonology of the Uralic
Languages", Pekka Sammallahti (in: Sinor, ed. "The Uralic Languages",
1988) makes it quite clear that PUgr. *s > Hung /s/ (<sz>), while
Hung. /S/ (<s>) derives from PUgr. *c^. The one, minor, exception is
*sk > *s^.
There must be some other reason, but I can't imagine what it'd be
(some Southern German orthographical oddity?).
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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