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Re: LEDSA derivation

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Monday, January 28, 2002, 1:14
Aidan Grey wrote:
> Everyone has come up with this same derivation, which is nice, but it >would make the _ei_ cluster more common than I want, and the long vowel e: >would disappear altogether. Here's what I came up with: > > ledsa > lejsa (voiced unaspirated stops vocalized before sonants) > lejs (final vowel weakening) > leis > > Does this seem realistic to you guys?
Absolutely. It's what I first thought of, but didn't get around to posting..... I think I imagined an initial stage *ledsa > **leDsa > **lejsa...... Does that help?

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Danny Wier <dawier@...>