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I often read that Spanish _dios_ is a descendant of Latin nom.sing. deus -- and fair enough. But can someone explain to me how the initial vowel in Spanish ended up being /i/? I would have expected /e/ to survive: **deos. Is it some kind of interaction between the /e/ as a glide and the following /u/ of _deus_?
Cheers, Carl -- Carl Edlund Anderson http://www.carlaz.com/