Re: Orbis Latinus
From: | Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...> |
Date: | Thursday, January 4, 2001, 19:28 |
CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>Actually all of western Romance went through the *masklu stage. The
>change
>/sk/ > /s/ was regular in French under certain conditions which I dont
>remember off the top of my head. Cf. *frankisku > francais!
So, if "macho" in Spanish comes from masclu, then in Montreiano it should
be maço. Since the rule is, that the group cl would become /ts/ (ç) as in
noç: nocte > noçe > noç.