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Re: proto-romance questions

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Thursday, December 16, 1999, 10:05
At 19:18 -0600 15.12.1999, Eric Christopherson wrote:

>> Proto-Romance *mj (corresponding to Latin "mi"/"me" before >> vowels) remained >> in most places, except Old French, where it became /ndZ/ > /Z/ >> (page 152 in >> Hall 1976, for those who got it). > >Hmm, is that possibly how Latin *cambiare yielded English <change>? I've >always wondered how the -mb- could become -ng- but have never seen it >explained. I supposed it could have gone: *cambiare>*camiar>SandZer>Fr. ><changer> (or is it <ier>?)
Yes, more or less. It went kambjare > kammj- > kandZ- > tSandZ- > S~aZ-, with -are > -&r@ > -er > -e along the road, but I'm not sure about the relative timing of the changes in the root and ending. Not all of these changes were reflected in orthography, you know! /BP B.Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> <melroch@...> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__ Anant' avanaute quettalmar! \ \ __ ____ ____ _____________ ___ __ __ __ / / \ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / / / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / / / / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /Melarocco\_ // /__/ // /__/ / /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine__ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\ I neer Pityancalimeo\ \_____/ /ar/ /_atar Mercasso naan ~~~~~~~~~Cuinondil~~~\_______/~~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ || Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda cuivie aiya! || "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)