Re: V-, B-

tgpedersen scripsit:

> Orbis Latinus
> http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/orblatv.html
> has
>
> no names in B- for Venezia
>
> one name in B- for Vienna [...]
>
> no names in B- for Villach
> Vaconium, Villas, -lacum, Viccacum (Villacensis),
> Villach, Stadt, Österr. (Kärnten)
>
> and the rest of names of these towns the Slavic and most other names
> outside of this 'central Slavic' area are in V-. The Latin-speaking
> part of the Roman empire was much bigger than that.

Fair enough. However, Latin , unlike the Slavic languages of the time,
had a standard spelling which would tend to conceal the spoken [b]
under the written {v}.

> So, I'm not convinced it was the influence of Vulgar Latin.

I'm not convinced either: I merely suggest the possibility.

> Actually I'm fishing for something Venetic.

Fish away.

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