Re: Ashamed of [T]? (fy: /T/ -> /t_d/?)

 --- Charlie skrzypszy:

> And another thing!  Latin "sol," Spanish "sol," Portuguese "sol,"
> Italian "sole," Rumanian " soare.  Why are there 2 l's in the
> French "soleil"?  Is it, perhaps, from a diminutive such as
> *soliculus?
Hole in one! And what's more, it is a perfectly regular development.
Compare it to, for example AURIS > dim. AURICULA > Fr. _oreille_.
Especially French has a strong tendency towards using the Latin
diminutives as a source instead of the short form.

Jan

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