Re: [tied] Re: Historical implications...

From: alex
Message: 23346
Date: 2003-06-15

Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 17:21:26 +0200, alex <alxmoeller@...>
> wrote:
>
>> But the shortly form of santa ist stã: Santa Maria = Stãmarie and the
>> short form of sântus is Sân (Sân Nicolaul)
>> Both of them does not reflect Latin sanctus since expected is
>> *sãmptu/sampta
>
> Expected is sântu ~ sân, cf. Port. santo ~ são, Spa. santo ~ san, Cat.
> sant, Fr. saint, Ita. santo. The Vulgar Latin form was *santus, not
> sanctus.
>
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...


from vulgar latin *santus indeed, the expected form is sântu as it is.
from clasical latin "sanctus", the expected form should have been as I
said *sâmptu which is not.
Hope you have nothing against.

alex