Re: [tied] Re: Latin barba in disaccord with Grimm's Law?

On 2006-06-20 17:18, Joao S. Lopes wrote:

> Perhaps the initial b- came from a compound, didnt it? SOmething like
> X-bHardHa > *X-barba, instead of expected initial *farba. A compound
> like imberbis (<*N-bHardHa-)

It would be easier to accept if compounds were treated like that in
Latin. But they aren't -- not even obscured ones. We have <infans>, not
!<imbans>, and <pontifex>, not !<pontidex>.

Piotr