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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> 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>.

Surely it's a matter of which is the dominant form. The form _infa:ns_ could continuously be regenerated from _fa:tur_, rather than being transmitted independently.

Richard.