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

On 2006-06-23 08:43, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> I doubt. Why not the same assimilation in faba too

... or in <faber>.

Perhaps because distant assimilation (like distant dissimilation and
metathesis of the parabla > palabra type) is a capricious kind of change
-- in fact, it consists in the lexicalisation of a frequently occurring
slip of the tongue.

Piotr