Re: [tied] Re: Slavic palatalistions: why /c^/, /c/?

At 5:38:50 AM on Friday, October 21, 2005, tgpedersen wrote:

>> Richard Wordingham wrote:


>>> Old French has the 'first palatalisation' k > c (no
>>> comment on intermediate stages), i.e. the Common Romance
>>> palatalisation, and a 'second palatalisation' k > c^
>>> before original Latin *a. These thave simplified c > s
>>> and c^ > s^, as in _cent chevaux_ from _centum caballos_
>>> 'a hundred horses'.

>>> As to the overtaking, the 'first palatalisation' was k >
>>> c^ in Picard

> Do you have a reference?

M.K. Pope, From Latin to Modern French, Manchester Univ.
Press, 1952, §1320, Phonology §i. Some examples given
there: avanchier, princhier, pieche, blieche. Also briefly
noted in §292, with the example of <chent>. This is
originally not just Picard, but northern OFr generally. See
also English <catch> and <chase>, from Old North French
<cachier> and Old Central French <chacier> respectively.
(ONFr retained /k/ before /a/.)

Brian