Re: [tied] derivations of rom. and -

alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> Hello All,
> The issue is that we don't have in Romanian other examples where
> Latin. e becomes Rom. u (like in the supposed lat. de post > rom.
> dup~a)
> As I know, the transformation rules are more important than the
> possible cognates.
> So the links with italian and other dialects have of course
> their importance too, but first we have to ensure some coherent
> internal rules inside romanian , if not , everything could be
> derived from everything (like dVpV -> dup~a).
> So please try to explain using the internal Romanian rules how
> original lat. e arrived to an u in Romanian?
> Thanks and Best Regards,
> marius a.

There is no way. Despite the pseudoargumentation of Mr Iacomi here,
there is no way of obtaining from Latin "e" an "u".
As I said before, there can be just an "*do-" or "du-" wherefrom this
can derive in Rom.
The last posibility should be a loan from Italian but I doubt anyone
will try to explain it this way.

Alex