From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 58284
Date: 2008-05-02
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From: "Rick McCallister" <gabaroo6958@...>
>> I have no example in mind of tl becoming k.
>>
>> For a sheer phonetic point of view,
>> tl is dental plus lateral distribution,
>> it's very far away from k velar.
>> Actually pl > kl makes more sense.
>> Both p and k are dark.
>>
>> Arnaud
>>
> But /tl/ > /kl/ happened in your own language vetus >
> vieux
>
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French bears traces of vetus > [viets] as <viez>
Most forms are from vetulus > velz or vieuls [vje(w)ls]
There is no indication vetulus ever was **veklus in pre-French Romance.
Arnaud
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