Re: [tied] Illyrian as satem

Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

> On Sat, 24 May 2003 16:03:23 +0100, P&G <petegray@...>
> wrote:
>
>>> It is a wide discution if the Latin diphtong /ae/ was pronounced in
>>> fact /ai/ or not.
>> No it's not. We know the final vowel was lowered around the 2nd
>> century BC.
>>> Which are in fact the arguments the Latin /ae/ was /ae/ and not
>>> /ai/?
>>
>> - changes in spelling in inscriptions
>> - Descriptions by grammarians, e.g. Quintilian
>> - Terentius Scaurus specifically comments on the end point of the
>> diphthong being (in his time) -e not -i.
>
> It probably went from /ai/ through a stage /aI/ (as in English) > /ae/
> (and then > /E:/). The same happened somewhat later with all Latin
> short /i/'s (/i/ > /I/ > /e/).
>
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> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

aham.. like in vitula & vitelus or vitricus or viola where it remains
/i/ - at least in Eastern Romance.