Re: Beijing, Zhongguo, etc. (was Re: 'out-' affix in conlangs?)

>One of the sound changes
>that gave rise to Cl. Ar. which I dreamt up unilaterally and haven't yet
>found an ANADEW example is this one which removed [w] before [e] and [i],
>which palatalised/fronted it to [j].
>E.g. *wela- > /jelani/ "blue"
Hebrew did [w] > [j], though I don't know in what context.  My memory dimly
suggests that Hebrew for 'rose' is something like /jered/, from a Semitic
prototype with *w- ('rose' with a shape like /ward/ was something of a
Wanderwort).

Alex

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