Re: [tied] Re: Numerals query again

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 18:59:29 +0100, alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

>I must say, I did not read anything about these shorted form and at the
>first view one should say there are the shorted forms where people
>abandoned ( meanwhile I love this word) the "ten":
>unsprezece > unspre(zece)
>The phnetic change is curious. Why "spre" > Spe (s^pe) ?

Because -zece was not merely dropped. The development is -sprezece > -Spe,
with anticipation of the shibilant of -zece to the sibilant of -spre-.


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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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