From: stlatos
Message: 70508
Date: 2012-12-05
>The cluster gn > Nn > NYn > (various pal., incl. yn > etc.) is sometimes merged w nn . The simplest way for this to happen is nn > Nn , which seems odd but without a much better option. Another change that often happened was ll > (various pal.), which seems to show ll > Ll first (if not already in Latin, since most came from Ld > Ll ( > ll ??)). An opt. treatment of Ll > LYl ( > LYlY) could explain such as balla:re > bailar .
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> Also, in changes such as:
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> vere:cundia L; > vergüença \ vergüeña = shame OSp;
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> the opt. seen, equivalent to the opt. of ngV, makes alt. nYdY / NYgY likely.
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