Dan Sulani wrote:
> Please excuse my inexpertise in Greek phonology, and correct me if
> I am wrong, but dosen't upsilon correspond with [u] or [u:]?
Upsilon represents /y/.
> In which case, shouldn't the spelling be Mo:se or Mouse
We're talking about one of the great Old Testament prophets, not a small
rodent. ;-)
> I think what happened was that the ancient dipthong itself was retained,
> but the second vowel was switched: from [u] to [i].
Perhaps thru an intermediate stage of /y/?
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