On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:06:26 +0000, tgpedersen
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tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>On the subject of the reliability of *-(i)ko: what is that soundlaw
>that (simultaneously) gives Dutch -tje (-je, -pje, -ie) and Flemish
>-ke ?
-(i)ki:n > -(i)c^i:n. Frisian/Ingvaeonic palatalization,
retained in Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland and West-Flanders
(despite the Frankish superstrate).
In the Frankish area (Oost-Vlaanderen, Brabant, Gelderland,
Limburg), we have -(e)ke. The Saxon area (Drente,
Overijssel) has mainly -(e)chi (except Groningen, which has
"Frisian" palatalized forms, and de Achterhoek, which has
"Frankish" k-forms). See the map in
http://www.vanoostendorp.nl/pdf/mandsand.pdf
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...