Re: [tied] Other IE language with /w/

From: Dagfinn H
Message: 41449
Date: 2005-10-15

Slightly OT, but nevertheless: during what period of the historical
development of Latin is it reckoned that /w/ became /v/? The common spelling
for both /u/ and /w/ (<v>) lingered for some time, but I acknowledge that
this may have been due to standardization.