[tied] Re: Monovocalism: sequel

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, mcv@... wrote:
> > tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
> >
> > > Perhaps Germanic vowel-initial (including those in w- and y-)
> > > words in the Romance languages were loaned with the Knacklaut,
> thus eg.
> > > *?werra > gwerra, similar to the way Verschärfung in North
> > > Germanic is supposed to have taken place. *?y- > *dy- would

have

> followed,
> > > including native Romance words.

But it's an unnecessary explanation. Some Spanish dialects (I have
American examples in mind) prefix [d] to in initial [j], as in
<lleno> 'full', and [g] to initial [w], as in <huerto> 'garden'.
The process is repeating itself.

Richard.