Re: [tied] influence of nasals (it was Viridis)

On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 11:04:34 +0100, "alex_lycos" <altamix@...>
wrote:

>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/

I also wrote "unstressed /o/ > /u/". All the o's you give below are
unstressed.

>románu > rumâ'n
>domine déu > dumneze'u
>cognátus > cumna't
>*comminicáre (=communicare)=cumenica'
>comparáre > cumpãra'
>cómpitus (=compútus)= cumpã't
>*compitáre (= computáre) > cumpãta'
>doménica > dumi'nica

>fontana > fântâ'nã

Expected *funtânã > fãntânã

>conducere > conduce ( I suspect is not inherited)
>constantia > constant,a (Old Callatis, toponym)
>convincere > convinge
> in-con-iuráre >inconjura

Not inherited.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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