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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
> or how else would you feed an -o- to the -ol- > -ul- rule?
> (But then ther's 'velle' and the vel- in the subjonctive etc, and
> suddenly I'm in doubt again, maybe someting about voiced + heavy
> syllable, ie -oC1C2- if C1 voiced?).
You're on to something, but you don't have to discover it yourself, ou
can read about it in most handbooks. There is a Latin sound law
changing e to o before the thick l ("l pinguis"), meaning /l/ followed
by a consonant (except /l/) or a vowel different from /i/. That
governs the alternation volo:, vult, volunt, velim, velle perfectly.
Sihler's paragraph 42.5 is about this.
Maybe "it's all for the sake of Torsten's education" (Piotr), but it
is not unimportant how opinions are created.
Jens