From: Richard Wordingham
Message: 68251
Date: 2011-11-30
> Well, obviously we have a problem here, because in neitherI don't see any problem with that. Either the short vowel could not receive the stress, or it lost the ability to hold it as it became a jer. There's some mention of it in http://tech.dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/47177 , but I can't find much relevant discussion.
> OHG missa, mëssa nor
> Latin missa
> is the final -a stressed. The stress has been moved in the loan process.