Re: [tied] Re:

From: alex
Message: 27681
Date: 2003-11-27

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

> 26-11-03 21:44, alex wrote:
>
> >> No!!! ***Unstressed*** -eu- fell together with -iu- [-ju-], and
> the
>>> glide palatalised the preceding consonant.
>>>
>>> Piotr
>>
>> ***Alex is very bulversed, thus he asks:
>>
>> which -iu-?
>
> ANY -iu- that follows a stressed syllable. What I mean is, words in
> -ium/-iam and -eum/-eam were treated in the same way -- not just in
> Romanian, but generally in Romance. Cf. Vulg.Lat. pláteam > [plátja-]
> > Rom. piatzã, Fr. place, It. piazza, Sp. plaza, Cat. plaça, Port.
> praça.
>
> Piotr
>

Rom. piatsa is a loan from Italian, it is not an inherited word. I seen
the explanation of Miguel which explains what happened, thus I don't
need to make up my mind anymore about the change since the change _did
not happen_ in Rom., but already in Latin. Thank you for your
contribution Piotr.

Alex