[tied] Re: viridis.. just for Miguel, other please ignore

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

> Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:18:43 +0100, alex_lycos <altamix@...>
> > wrote:
>
>
> Miguel, just one question more please. Which is the phonetically
> explanation of Romanian "verde" = green in this case?
> We have for "varza" = Latin "vir(i)dia"
> We have for "verde" = Latin "vir(i)dis"
>
> Why once "e" and once "a" , why once "d" and once "z" ? .
>
> Many, many thanks in advance.

If you created green.lex with the two Latin words (minus the
braketed 'i'), and remember to have an end of line after last word,
and ran:

sounds -p green romanian

you would see the answer. Effectively, the final /a/ makes all the
difference. It does it by yodicising the last /i/ and then breaking
what was the first /i/, which is then smoothed by the initial /v/.

Richard.