Re: [SPAM] Re: [tied] Barba and Bestia: bH>b (dissimilation) - ERRAT

On 2009-08-08 19:02, Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

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

P.S. Here of course analogy working in the reverse direction could be
assumed (<i:nfa:mis> after <fa:ma>, etc.), but an /f/ of analogical
origin is much less likely in the case of <i:nfa:ns>.

Piotr