From: altamix
Message: 30667
Date: 2004-02-04
>Nonsense.
>> Thus :
>> There can be a dEcem >diecem > dz'ece >zece ( expected is zeace as
>> in OldRom)
>> Tthere can be an dEus > dieus > dz'eus > zeu
>> There cannot be an dicere > zice since the "i" in "zi" is not to
>> explain , e
>>> i just before nasal
>
> di:cere > zice. No problem.
>Nope. There is "ziu�". Keep please out with this short form wich is "zi".
>> There canot be an dia > ziu� because "i" cannot be explained and "u"
>> cannot be explained
>
> /i/ can be explained (the Latin is d�e:s > d�e > z�), and /u/ can be
> explained, and has been explained multiple times here:
>illa > u? you are simply dreaming.
> die illa > ziua, like stella illa > steaua. Ziu� is a backformation
> on teh regular definite form ziua (also zile < die ille).
>Ahhhhaaaa.. no problem .
>> There cannot be a diana > "z�n�" since there are too much
>> transfromations :"ia" > "ea" > "iea" > "ea" > "a" >"�" > "�"
>
> Still struggling the basics, I see... Diana (=/djana/, already in
> Latin) > z�n�. No problem.
>
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...