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At 11:25 1.2.2004, Isaac Penzev wrote:
> > > > > The transformation is more or less > > > > > regular: _diurnum_ > _*djr.nU_ (_r._ = syllabic _r_) > _*dzrn_ > > > > > > _zrn_. > > > > First /u/ is long. Does it have no influence?
In fact both the _u_s in _diurnus_ are short, or
else we would get French **jur and Italian **giurno,
whereas we in fact have _jour, giorno_. I checked
in Meyer-Lübke too. It's definitely short.
So it'll be _dzrn_ in Slvanjec too.
/BP 8^)
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