Re: [tied] Marked nominative

On Sun, 18 May 2003 13:20:53 +0100, P&G <petegray@...>
wrote:

>>> Lat. nom. Juppiter
>>>it is simply the stem iou + s, followed by the word "father".
>>Actually, the vocative *diéu (without -s) + pater.
>
>Why? Isn't the double -pp- easier to derive from Ious-pater than Ioupater?

I don't think there can be a rule /sp/ > /pp/ in Latin. The relevant
rule here, I think, is V:C > VCC (Iu:piter > Iuppiter).

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