Re: [tied] Re: Yers

Let me spare you the trouble. The sequences *Ul, *Il, *Ur, *Ir (many
Slavicists interpret them phonetically as syllabic liquids coming in two
flavours, "hard" and palatalised) were metathesised into OCS lU, lI, rU and
rI when followed by a consonant. Any /ul/ in a foreign word was likewise
metathesised to avoid the formation of a closed syllable. In other words
<blUgar-> is simply <bulgar-> forced into conformity with OCS phonotactics.

Piotr

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From: fortuna11111
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Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 1:51 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Yers



> Piotr, is there the first references about Bulgarians not already
with
> "bulg-"? If yes, that will mean a very early methathesis of "blU-"
or
> there is no "blU-" there in the etymology of "bulgarians", is it?
>
> Alex

Felling tells me (only feeling for now, but it may turn more
sunstantial in the future) that the bUl should be an old *bl. (with l-
sonance)

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