Re: [tied] Re: Laryngeal theory as an unnatural

From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 25105
Date: 2003-08-16

On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 02:09:35 +0000, Richard Wordingham
<richard.wordingham@...> wrote:

>I must admit "sorã" puzzles me. Thank goodness you can assure me
>it's a loan.

sorã is simply the nominative sóror > *sóru > *sor, with -u (-0) replaced
by feminine -ã. It's no more puzzling than French soeur.


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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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