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

From: Grzegorz Jagodzinski
Message: 41556
Date: 2005-10-24

tgpedersen wrote:
>> Old French: Latin /k/ before /a, au, e, i/ (e.g., carrum >
>> char, with k > t^ > c^ > s^).
>
> This is very interesting. Do you have documentation for this *t^ar- ?
>
>
> Torsten

Only two remarks to this interesting discussion. First, all would be OK if
we assume [k] > [kJ] > [c] > [tS] > [S] in IPA transcription, with the
palatal stop [c] instead of the obscure t^, at least for Old French. Second:
only Latin /k/ before /a/ (including au) developed this way. But before e, i
we have /s/, not /s^/!

Grzegorz J.



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