Re: UNIQUE ROMANCE FEATURES

[Padraic Brown <pbrown@POLARIS.UMUC.EDU>]

On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Raymond A. Brown wrote:

>
> Ray.
>
> PS - Brithenig also has forms derived from *ISSE and ILLE ;-)
> The definite article and the _oblique_ forms of the 3rd person are derived
> from ILLE, but the _nominatives_ of the 3rd person pronoun are from *ISSE,
> e.g.
> ill, lla   (the)
> ys, llo  (he, him)
> sa, lla (she, her)
> &c.
>
> I know Andrew, like early Romance, hesitated between these two pronouns and
> was at one time contemplating a wider use of ISSE forms.
>

Is French "ce, ces" derived from "isse" as well?

Padraic.