Re: [tied] Re: NEuropean IE for apple

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 38047
Date: 2005-05-24

Petusek wrote:

> Lit. Czech u:ski: "narrow"
> Vallachian: u:sky:
> (Silesian: uski (loss of quantity, penultimate accent))
> Bohemian: ouskej (dipht.)
> Hanakian: o:ske: (monopht.)

Polish <wa,ski> /vo~ski/. Prothetic /v/ is obligatory before the
etymological back nasal vowel (even if it's no longer back).

Piotr