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

From: Sean Whalen
Message: 45068
Date: 2006-06-23

--- Jens ElmegÄrd Rasmussen <elme@...> wrote:
>
> 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.

It doesn't seem necessary to me. Partially the
problem comes from initial *(ghR, g^hR, gWhR) behaving
differently from each other. Deaspiration of some Ch
next to a sonorant or glide is already needed for
Latin.

NgH>Ng etc.

ghR>gR initially

dhR>dR initially

dr>tr

C > -palatalized

aspirate > -voice

aspirate-voice > fricative

xW>f

x>h

h>0 before sonorant

So:

*g^hreu- > ruo: (and *en- > ingruo:)

*g^hreud- > ru:dus

*g^hroH3wo- > ra:vus

*gWhrendh- > frendo:

*ghladhro- > glaber

*ghredh- > gradior (a < ana. with *dhragh-)

*dhragh- > traho:



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