>Polish <wa,ski> /vo~ski/. Prothetic /v/ is obligatory before
the
>etymological back nasal vowel (even if it's no longer
back).
I see, so it's regular, I didn't know that, thank
you.
Concerning this issue, we could also add unclear words
like:
[1]:
Cz housenka
OCz hu'se^nice^
Pol ga~sienica
Russ gu'senica (ORuss use^nica,
jusenica)
S-Cr gu\senica
Sln gose^nica, vose^nica
OCS go~senica
PS *go~se^nica is not very clear. Some people think it could
have been *vo~se^nica
(The first component being *vo~s :
Cz vous
P wa~s
Russ us
Sln. dial. vo^s
OCS o~sU
PS *(v)o~sU
(probably akin to OPrus wanso, MIr fés, find, Gk i'onthos <
PIE *wendH-, *wondH-s ???))
[2]:
Cz houz^ev
P ga~z.va
Russ. dial. gu'z^va'
etc.
PS *go~z^Iva < *go~z^I usually linked to (v)o~z / (v)e~z
"to bind, tie" (va'zat, uzel), the g- is puzzling, again.
[3]:
Another puzzling word:
Cz vrabec
Po wro'bel
Ukr. dial. horobe'c
Is there eny explanation for these strange
alterations?
v- ?- h- (<g- ???)
Thank you.
Best,
Pet'usek