Re: s-stems in Slavic and Germanic

> Out of curiosity, are the major changes that occurred in Vulgar Latin,
> leading up to the Romance languages, held to be primarily due to the
> influence of foreign presence, e.g. Visigoths, Moors (I don't know who
> it would be in France)?
>
> Andrew
>

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I can think of Gaulish people plus Frankish people.

A.