Re: V-, B-

> (Indeed, Venetic treatment of voiced aspirates is so similar
> to that of Latin, which is peculiar within Italic, that I am tempted
> to posit a Venetic substrate for Latin. This is supported by the
> names <Praeneste> and <Venetulani> (Plin.) as well as the use
> of 'free ones' in the sense 'children' (Lat. <li:beri:>, Ven. dat.
> pl. <louderobos>). But I digress.)

Damn, you beat me to it. Henceforth I will refer to Latin 'mots
populaires' with root /a/ as belonging to 'the (Latin) a-language'
(which I assume, ie. accept as a working hypothesis, is Venetic).


Torsten