Re: [tied] numeral

On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 21:40:19 +0100, alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

>So italian tre < *trei < tre:s ; Italain re < *rei < re:s (rex)

Of course not. Italian re < ree < reje < rege (regem).

>Latin final "s" became mute, thus italian
>re < *res (rex), tre < tres
>The same for vegliote where one must add that Latin e: > a , thus
>tres > *tre > tra;
>rex > *res > ra.
>
>Now I wonder which rule is the correct one here.

Not yours, of course.

I have no info on Dalmatian, but I guess what we have here is a simple case
of -ei > -a (trei > tra, rei > ra).

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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