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

On Pet, lipanj 23, 2006 3:06 pm, Jens Elmegĺrd Rasmussen reče:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:
>>
>> f-b>b-b
>> So, why not
>> febris > bebris
>> fibula > bibula
>> faber > baber
>> faba >baba
>>
>> ????
>
> A very old theory put forward by Alois Walde has it that there is a
> Grassmann-type dissimilation in Latin if a liquid intervenes. That
> takes care of examples like barba, glaber, gradior and a few others I
> don't remember at the moment.

OK, but assimilations are not always regular, as Piotr already said. Some
are, like Grassman, but many occur in one word only. Thus, assimilation
are often not neo-grammarian sound changes. I don't see what's so strange
about it...

Mate