Re: Res: [tied] Romance brother

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> Is g- > h- regular in Lat. germanus > Sp. hermano, and if not, what
> happened? And how about Pt. irmão (e > i)?
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> It's not regular. Latin geminus > Portuguese ge^meo; Latin generalis >
> Portuguese geral. The anomalous shift could be explained as influenced
> by phrasal lenition: teu germanu > *teu yermanu

Given the etymogies Piotr mentioned, are your sure your etymologies
are not learned loans from Latin?


Torsten