Re: [tied] Laryngeal theory as an unnatural

On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 00:03:42 +0200, alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

>Remember the discution about Latin "verus"? Well all romance as that
>"cousin" & alike from Latin.

Apparently you don't remember the discussion. Spanish does not have a form
like "cousin": it has <primo>.

>brother = frate, but the Rom. word is "fãrtat"
>sister = sorã, but the ancient word is "suratã"

Those are just derivatives with -at, -atã < Latin -a:tus, -a:ta.


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