Re: [tied] influence of nasals (it was Viridis)
From: alex_lycos
Message: 18614
Date: 2003-02-09
Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
1) /o/ > /u/ before /n/, /nC/ ( bun, munte), but not before /m/, /mn/
(om, somn). Exception: nume > no:men (perhaps to numeru > numãr)
/o/ > /u/ before /m/, /mn/
romanus > rumân
dominus dei > dumnezeu
cognatus > cumnat
*comminicare (=communicare)=cumenica
comparare > cumpãra
compitus (=computus)= cumpãt
*compitare (= computare) > cumpãta
domenica > duminica
/o/ not /u/ before /n/, /nC/
conducere > conduce ( I suspect is not inherited)
constantia > constanta( Old Callatis, toponym)
convincere > convinge
fontana > fântânã
coniungo >inconjura