[tied] Re: Latin pinso etc.

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" wrote:

> Richard Wordingham wrote:

>>> [...] *serpens > Sarpe ( what about ns > s > i here Piotr????????
>> [...]
>> I think you'll find that the change s > i is restricted to
>> stressed syllables, thus very largely to monosyllables.
>
> like in ipsum > ins (individuum)?

Consonant clusters behave diversely than simple consonants.
Anyway, this has nothing to do with final /s/ in VL "*serpes"
(< "serpens", no * for regular Nominative).

Marius Iacomi