Re: Latin _ursus_

From: Richard Wordingham
Message: 70779
Date: 2013-01-23

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Tavi" wrote:

> AFAIK, only a "satem" language would develop a sibilant from a former
> affricate, about whose origin our respective positions differ.

The change of affricate to fricative is very common. The change ts > ss > s occurs in Latin, most noticeably in a 3rd declension nominative singular, but also in the occasionally sigmatic perfect.