Re: [tied] *pot-

m_iacomi wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
>
>>>>> Rom. reflex of the word is "jup1n". The "ju" could be yelded out
>>>>> off "g^u" or "iu" but the Slavic "an" remains "an" in Rom. and
>>>>> does not become "�n".
>>>>
>>>> Except in old borrowings, like st�p�n, jup�n.
>>>>
>>> There are in fact just two words considered to be of Slavic
>>> origin which shows "�n" and you told them. "st�p�n" and "jup�n".
>
> Actually, four or five (also "st�na", "st�nca", "sm�nt�na").

since we considered just "an" > "�n" and not "anC" > "�nC" there are
just the two mentioned words, namely "jup�n" and "st�p�n". The "anC" >
"�nC" is supposed to be a separate rule. What I don't quiet understand
is the effect of
gemination. Why then when "C" was "n" , thus the group "anC" was "ann",
why did "ann" not yelded "�nn"? Which is the
explanation here? ( see Latin "anno" > "an" for instance, and not "�n" )

Alex




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