From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 52523
Date: 2008-02-08
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From: Pavel A. da Mek
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Eastern cz sz
>> I have a question about cz sz in the eastern european
>> writings : When did that started ?
>
> I believe that the digraphs <cz> for [c^] and <sz> for [S]
> are specifically Polish. I've seen them in onomastic
> sources by the later 14th century.
In Old Czech, there were two systems:
older zz = younger s = modern s
older ss = younger ss = modern s^
older z = younger z = modern z
older s = younger z(^)= modern z^
older cz = younger cz = modern c
older chz = younger cz(^) = modern c^
older rs = younger rz(^) = modern r^
P.A.
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Thank you very much.
When is "old Czech" ?
When is cz attested for the first time ?
Arnaud