Re: Same name (was Re: Brithenig-heads)

Carlos Thompson wrote:
> Plosive voicing is a common feature in Spanish evolution from Latin, then a
> Sanct Iacob reanalized as Sanc Tiacob, that Tiacob could have derived into
> Diago or Diego (how vowels have changed is not clear to me).
Names seem to be subject to largely random changes, especially in forms
that originate as nicknames.  Margaret, for instance, has given us
Maggie and Marge (pretty simple changes), as well as Peggy.  Apparently
a change from "a" to "e", and a denasalization/devoicing.  I think Lisa
comes from Elizabeth, in which case it would have devoicing.

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