[tied] Re: Dissimilation of gW/kWVw to gVw/kVw

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:06:26 +0000, tgpedersen
> <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
>

Oh right, skûtje.


How come that substratal Friesian/Ingvæonic substrate palatalisation
only occurs in that context in Dutch (afaIk)?


Torsten