On 2008-12-15 23:07, alexandru_mg3 wrote:
> But why e-a > e-e?
*a and *e merged as *e in non-initial syllables. Before a single
consonant, they would have become /i/, but apparently the -br- cluster
protected the /e/ from furter reduction (in colloquial Latin it could
even make the penultimate syllable heavy and stressed, cf. Sp. tiniéblas.
> and especially why -m- > -n-?
Dissimilation of /m...b/.
Piotr