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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tolgs001" <st-george@...> wrote:
> If rãu < vras, what could've been the reason for dropping
> the v-?
>
> George
>
1) rãu is not to be derived from vras but from *urau
2) one explanation can be as in the following example
omu urãu > omu rãu due the merging together of the
both "u".
Against this can be said that there is stil the word "urât" as
adjective for "ugly" and the "u" is stil there (omu urât). Yes, it is
still there due stress reason in a word with more as one syllable.
Alex