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Re: [romconlang] Latin short o in Spanish rosa?



Muke Tever scripsit:

> Don't forget 4) words borrowed from other Romance languages, like
Sp.
> _pais_ "country" (= Fr. _pays_).

Right. They often can be recognised by irregular sound
correspondences: Sp. _jardin_ < Germ. _*garden_ could come only
through Fr., because only there /ga/ > /dZa/.

-- Yitzik