----- Original Message ----
From: Brian M. Scott <BMScott@...>
To: tgpedersen <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 2:22:33 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Etymology of the Italian surname 'Brighenti'
of *e and occurs in all classes of words. (E.g., *kinnuz
'cheek' by way of *genwu- from *g^é:nu-s ~ *g^énw- 'jaw'.)
It must also be a relatively late change in pre-PGmc., in
view of Finn. <rengas> 'ring' from a pre-stage of PGmc.
*hringaz.
It also occurs in some widespread U.S. varieties of English,
in which <pin> and <pen> are homophones and the latter is
differentiated as <inkpen>.
Brian
From: Brian M. Scott <BMScott@...>
To: tgpedersen <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 2:22:33 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Etymology of the Italian surname 'Brighenti'
At 4:57:06 PM on Saturday, September 20, 2008, tgpedersen
wrote:
[...]
> This is how I imagined the -en- > -in- rule of GermanicPre-nasal raising (*e > *i / _NC) is distinct from i-umlaut
> happened.
> Once it inflected:
> *sprenga *sprengm.
> *sprengis *sprengiþ
> *sprengiþ *sprengn.þ
> with umlaut
> *sprenga *sprengm.
> *springis *springiþ
> *springiþ *sprengn.þ
> generalized
> *springa *springm.
> *springis *springiþ
> *springiþ *springn.þ
> vel sim., Brian!
of *e and occurs in all classes of words. (E.g., *kinnuz
'cheek' by way of *genwu- from *g^é:nu-s ~ *g^énw- 'jaw'.)
It must also be a relatively late change in pre-PGmc., in
view of Finn. <rengas> 'ring' from a pre-stage of PGmc.
*hringaz.
It also occurs in some widespread U.S. varieties of English,
in which <pin> and <pen> are homophones and the latter is
differentiated as <inkpen>.
Brian
You mean "inkpin" ;p My cousins in West Virginia used to answer "Gimme a pen" with "Hw@ kan@ pIn? A streytpIn or @n inkpIn?"
Some Scots, of course do the opposite --I've heard people from Glasgow say /s^Et, @m pEst/
.