Re: Barba and Bestia: bH>b (dissimilation) - ERRATA

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 64654
Date: 2009-08-08

On 2009-08-08 14:59, Joao S. Lopes wrote:

> Maybe B in barba came from some kind of svarabhakti,

You mean sandhi, I suppose.

> like -m bHardHa- >
> -m barba, instead of expected *farba.

Douglas has already mentioned this possibility: *n.-bHardHi- 'having no
beard' > *in-BarBi- > imberbis (OTOH we have <infamis> and <informis>).

Piotr