--- Sean Whalen <
stlatos@...> wrote:
> Rules:
>
> e>o / w_gW
> gW>w / V_V
> gW>w / V_N
> m>w / #_l
> o>u / w_w
> wu>u: / _w
> w>m / o_b
> w>m / u:_V [-front?, optional?]
> w>0 / #_R
I forgot to mention that some of this might tie in
with the weakening of final m in Latin (perhaps
pronounced like nasal w).
With the few examples of these changes, it's hard to
state the conditions perfectly but if analogy causes
u:vidus / u:midus it may be that:
w>m / o_b
w>m / u:_o
so *wegWof > *wowos > u:mor regularly, which can
contaminate u:vidus > u:midus.
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