Re: ants was barb

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 70124
Date: 2012-10-06

In Spanish it sure as shiznatz does --compare invierno and invernal, which points to an original /E/ in Vulgar Latin rather than /e/

From: stlatos <sean@...>
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2012 7:11 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: ants was barb

 


--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
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> The vowel difference between verano and invierno is due to stress, Spanish /ie/ Portuguese /E/ only occur in stressed syllables
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Wrong. Both ve:r and ve:rnus had long e: ( > e not > E in VL), so stress would never change the vowel.

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> From: stlatos <sean@...>
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2012 9:09 PM
> Subject: [tied] Re: ants was barb

> It's likely *verno and *ivErno were made more distinct, possibly seen as antonyms w 0- vs in-, after -b- > -B-, or whatever the stage was after w- > v-, etc.
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