09-12-03 21:40, alex wrote:
> Now I wonder which rule is the correct one here.
> The one where you mean that /e:s/ > /ei/ or the one of /e:/, /e/ > PR
> /e/
I'm not a specialist in Dalmatian phonetics (well, who is?), so I may
get some details wrong, but basically the rule is as follows: PBR e
(from Lat. e:, i, oe) became Dalm. /ai/ in originally open syllables and
/a/ in originally closed syllables:
me:cum > *meku- > maik
fidem > *fede- > faid
cre:scit > *kreske- > krask
strictum > *strektu- > strat
I should expect re:gem > *reje- > *raije > *raj and tre:s > *tres >
*trej > *traj. It seems the final glide was simply dropped in Dalmatian,
leaving <ra> and <tra>.
Piotr