Re: Gemination in Celtic

ok but akouter is from Latin,
*smakk- acquired a prothetic vowel in standard French

but perhaps not in N. French.
Check it out
How does N. French treat Gmc toponyms beginning in sC-
(C for any clustered consonant)?
Note that the Norman French changed the endearing name
of Snottingham into Nottingham --or so I've read, and
I think there was a Stuttingham > Tuttingham (vel
sim.)
So if Norman French did something similar in England,
something analogous may have occured in N. French.


--- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick McCallister
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 7:49 AM
> Subject: Re: Re: [tied] Gemination in Celtic
>
>
> émaquer would be my guess in standard French, but I
> don't know the dynamics of Picard et al. My only
> guess
> is that some how in a non-written language, the é-
> got
> lost, but someone knowledgeable in Picard would have
> to figure out whether or not that's possible.
>
> =============
>
> I can see no reason why a syllable should be lost.
> Cf. écouter (std) = Northern acouter
>
> I think maquer can't be from smack.
>
> Arnaud
>
> ===========
>
> --- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
> wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Rick McCallister
> >
> > >
> > I don't think he said he didn't like it, it seems
> he
> > felt maquer was probably from Gmc rather than
> Celtic
> >
> > > You don't like
> > > makk / smag
> > >
> > ===========
> > smak should become émaquer ?
> >
> > But as we are trying to substantiate
> > something new,
> > we can discard unclear examples
> > as a first step.
> >
> > Arnaud
> >
> > ==========
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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