Re: labio-velars to labials, but reverse?

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From: connolly
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 16:10

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In article <memo.842322@cix.compulink.co.uk>, petex@cix.compulink.co.uk (Peter Christian) writes:
> In-Reply-To: <robrtsnj-311292101210@peirce.byu.edu> robrtsnj@yvax.byu.edu (John S. Robertson)
> 
> I am right in assuming Latin quinque shows assimilation rather than a
> genuine p > kw?

It shows a genuine p > kw *by* assimilation!

The interesting thing is that Late Latin undid it by dissimilating the new
kw to k: Italian _cinque_ [c^ingkwe], French _cinq_ [sae~k] etc. reflect an
(unattested?) Vulgar Latin *_cinque_ [kingkwe].

--Leo Connolly

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Subject: Re: labio-velars to labials, but reverse?
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