Re: nu alltr e gw alltr?

[Padraic Brown <pbrown@nova.umuc.edu>]

On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Raymond A. Brown wrote:
> >
> >ad casam --> adh casa --> ah chasse --> a chas or similar.
> 
> Main problem is that the _start_ in incorrect.  Although Classical Latin
> orthography had 'ad casam' it is clear it was pronounced [ak'kasa~] even
> before the end of the BC period.  It would've been [ak'kasa] in the
> proto-language and, as I said elsewhere, I do not see how -kk- would
> plausibly develop to -x- within what I understand of Brithenig.  Certainly
> it would not so develop in Brittonic Celtic.

OK.  Well, that takes care of that!

Padraic.