Re: proto-romance questions

BP Jonsson wrote:
> Correct, but /f/ > /h/ somewhere along the line before disappearing.
Yeah, I think that it occured after /x/ was formed, so I just clipped
it.  From what I understand, it was /f/ -> /P/ -> /h/ -> 0

> Nasal *m*? Surely yous mean nasal *n*?
*Palatal* n, yes.  I assumed that her "palatal m" was a typo for
"palatal n".

> the last three didn't become /nj/ everywhere -- cf. "damnare" It. dannare,
> Sp. da~nar, Ptg. danar (Fr. damner is a loan from Latin) with "somnium" It.
> sogno /nj/, Fr. songe /nZ/, Prov. somne, Sp. sue~no, Ptg. sonho.  Note
> "domina" Pr-Rmc domna, It. donna, Sp. do~na!
Well, n~ in Spanish is frequently derived from nn, which came from mn,
so domina -> domna -> donna -> don~a, an I think it's _duen~a_ in Modern
Spanish.

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