Re: Distribution of Front Rounded Vowels

--- Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> wrote:

> David Peterson wrote:
>
> Not sure where "fou" or "roux" come from,
> though...."folle" and "folie"
> suggest an /l/ was involved, maybe ?*f(uo)ljV- or
> ?*f(uo)llV-, and since "x"
> can indicate "*-lC" -- cf. *dulke- > "doux"-- maybe
> ?*r(uo)lCV-
fou  < Lat. follis (balloon, divagating here and
there)
roux < Lat. russus
doux < Lat. dulcis



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Philippe Caquant

"High thoughts must have high language." (Aristophanes, Frogs)


		
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