From: david_russell_watson
Message: 58939
Date: 2008-05-30
>The change from [w] to [v] is a fairly natural and common
> I agree that Etruscan was on its last legs by 200 BCE
> or so. But it probably influenced local nonstandard
> forms of Latin, at least in Tuscany (don't worry, I'm
> not blaming /xoxa xola/ on the Etruscans). In any
> case, the changes started in the spoken language
> before mass colonization. Etruscan is probably a good
> a source as any but I agree it would be hard to prove
> given that /B. v/ don't show up in the written
> language until quite a bit later. If you think some
> Italic language was responsible, tell us and show us
> what you have.