Re: A sound change question...

--- Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> wrote:
> JS Bangs wrote:
> > > /w/ to /b/
> >
> > /w/ > /b/ seems unlikely to me, though the reverse
> /b/ > /w/ is attested,
> > I believe.
>
> Latin to Spanish.  Any native word with a {v} in it,
> which is pronounced
> [b]/[B] depending on position, is descended from
> Latin {v} (/w/).  E.g.,
> vinum -> vino or ovo -> huevo
Also /w/ > /f/ and zero, in Gaelic languages:

wiros "man" > Old Irish: fer /fEr/ or /Er/ (in some
positions

Elliott Lash



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