Re: [tied] Latin L-clusters shifting
From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 42783
Date: 2006-01-05
The shifts in Portuguese:pl- > ch
plorare > chorar 'to cry'
cl- > ch
clavis > chave 'key' (parallel shift cl->cr-, cf. clavum> cravo )
fl- > ch
flamma > chama
bl- > l
blastimare (<blasphemare) > lastimar
gl- > l
glis, glir- > leira~o 'dormouse'
-cl- > lh |l^|
ovicula>ovicla > ovelha 'ewe'
-tl->cl> lh
rotula >rotla>rocla> rolha
-bl- > lh
tribulus> triblus > trilho
-ffl- > ch
afflare > achar 'to
find'
-scl- > ch
masculus > macho 'male'
Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> escreveu: Joao S. Lopes wrote:
> Is there any parallel for the evolution of L-clusters to palatals from
> Latin to Ibero-Romance?
>
> e.g. Latin cl- > cl^ > c^ > Portuguese s^
>
> cf. clavis>chave |s^avi| "key"
> clamare>chamar |sâmaR| "to call"
As for the affrication, cf. kl- > kl' > c^, gl- > gl' > 3^ in Venetian
(ciamo 'call', giaso 'ice', vecio 'old' < *veclo < *vetlum).
Piotr
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