agony? ( it was: Re: Yugoslawia)

From: m_iacomi
Message: 31336
Date: 2004-03-02

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel J. Milton" wrote:

> I'm happy with DEX. L. *adjunare may have a asterisk, but it's
> not just ad hoc for Rom., but supported by Sp. 'ayunar' (and
> perhaps Fr. 'jeuner').

The obvious phenomenon of Latin age is the tendency of eliminating
the first syllable (not preserved in Romances) and using "*juna:re"
in conjunction with prepositions ("ad", supported by Rom., Sp. &
Fr. usual form "à jeun", and "de", supported by It. & Cat. forms).
Prefixation is so usual that most dictionnaries don't even insert
a footnote about required VL forms.

Regards,
Marius Iacomi