Re: [tied] Romanian Development of /st/ (was: Against ... 'Albanian

Richard Wordingham wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
>> On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 23:03:39 +0100, alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
>>
>>> The working out of "cr�ciun" from "creationem" looks very fuss
>>> regarding the vocalism. It is not known in Rom. that /ea/ or /ja/
>>> develop to
> a; what do
>>> your rules do with "e" or "j" here? Why does it get lost?
>>
>> /j/ is regularly lost after /r/: *grEvu > *grievu > greu.
>
> And we can add _m�celar_ 'butcher' < macella:riu(s) 'meat-seller,
> victualler' for the loss of more ancient yods.
>
> Richard.

wrong

the final -iu has been simplified in "u". The forms "-iu" has been keept
until almost XVIII century:
macellarius > m�celariu , modern Rom. m�celar

Alex