Re: East Romance -i v. West Romance -s (was: Rom aia - Alb ajo < PA

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...>
wrote:

> "Yes, but remember the 'excesses' of carrying over -s > -i to 2nd sg.
> happened in East Romance, not West."
>
> The i- to 2nd sg. singular in Romanian has no link with Latin -s.
> At that moment (sec II - V en) there wasn't any -s in Latin 2nd sg.
> -s was already lost.

If that is so, I wonder where Spanish and French picked up their 2nd
sg -s.


Torsten