Pielewe wrote:
>(1) Czech and Slovak have
prothetic v- in the word meaning 'egg':
>vejce (Gpl vaji:c),
vajce.
It should be mentioned, that in Moravian dialects of
Czech and in colloquial Slovak, we have forms such as jajo (pl. jaja),
jajco (vs. vajco), jajce (vs. vejce).
The prothetic v- is a strange phenomenon, indeed. It's still very
productive in Central Bohemia (the area of Prague), so we have the word "okno",
"oko" in the literary Czech and in Moravian dialects, wherease "vokno", "voko"
in Bohemian dialects. Note that the prothetic v- accurs mainly (if not only)
befor o-.
There are also clear distinctions between Bohemian and Moravian
dialects of Czech, concerning the prothetic j-. We have Bohemian (and literary)
jes^t^ vs. Moravian es^te^ or es^c^e, Bohemian (and literary) jestli vs.
Moravian es((t)l)i. The diffusion of the dialectal elements and features is
still very active. Perhaps, we'll have to wait for the dialectological
atlas of Czech and Slovak that's currently under construction.
Best,
Pet'usek