From: tgpedersen
Message: 46907
Date: 2007-01-08
>Thanks.
> >BTW what are the rules for -dh- in inlaut in Latin?
>
> The outcome of medial *dh is normally b or d, but f can also be
> found (often claimed to be Sabellian or Faliscan dialect forms).
> d is the regular outcome; b is sometimes found near u, l, or r.
> e.g. viduus, medius; but verbum, iubeo, stabulum
> < *widHew-, medHio- ; werdHo- , ioudH-eie-, sth2-dHlo-
>
> The processes are unclear. There could be:
> general devoicing - spirantisation, then voicing - hardening
> medially,
> or
> general spirantisation - devoicing initially, hardening medially.
>
> Initially the outcome is a spirant /f/, but before r or l we get a
> stop consonant (instead of a spirant) even initially.