I wrote:
>
> pRomance had *vetulu, a diminutive of vetus,-eris (meaning 'old'). *vetulu
> wassyncoped in *vetlu, giving *veclu and its Italian descent 'vecchio'
> /vEkkjo/. My dialect has vegg /vEtS/ because it develops /kl/ as /tS/,
while
> Italian has /kj/ (another exemple? *clave 'key', Italian chiave /kjave/,
my
> dialect ciaav /tSa:f/). Probably Spanish and French worked out a *vellu /
> *velliu from *vet(u)lu, and then they dimply passed these forms through
^^^^^
that should be 'simply'
Sorry,
Luca
> their typical sound changes' patterns.
>
> Luca
>
> >
> > Christophe.
>