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Cher compen e comp�, I have some problems with the reflexes of *POR 'for, by' PAUPERE 'poor' and PAVORE 'fear' in Rhodrese. The regular stressed development of all three would be _paur_, and in addition the contraction of *POR with the definite article would be _paul_, _paull_ before vowels, homonymous with PAULU! PAUPERE will have to stay _paur_, since _paubre_ looks somehow un-Rhodrese :-). A back vowel other than U| + P/B/V (+ unstressed vowel) + consonant always becomes _au_ + consonant in Rhodrese, although R as the consonant may be a candidate for special treatment, since many other cases of R, like consonant + final RU/RE and RJ do get special treatment, e.g. -ARIU > _-ere_ -- heaven knows if it becomes _-er_ or _-ir_ in the plural, though it probably is _-ir_ at least in modern Rhodrese! The obvious solution for *POR is to use the unstressed form, although I don't like _por_. I'm not quite sure why I dislike it, just a vague feeling that many expressions get more similar to Castilian than what fits Rhodrese. I'm actually leaning towards _par_ like in French, since the Latin PARE will become _piar_ anyway, or even PARIA > _per(i)e_! As for PAVORE I found an Italian _spavento_, but I'm not entirely happy with _((d)es)pavent_ or _((d)es)pavence_ -- Italian has a verb _paventare_ too. Italian and French have transformed the word into a feminine _paura, paure_, but even so the Rhodrese plural _peur_ would fall together with that of PAUPERE. Old Proven�al had two forms _paur_ and _paor_ -- both disyllabic I guess, as OP is non- diphthongizing! To go real strictly by the rules PAVO|RE would become _pavaur_ in Rhodrese, but obviously all Romance natlangs have lost the Latin V, however i find _pahaur_ unlikely and _pauaur_ both unlikely and ugly. OTOH an Old Rhodrese _paour_, or even a pre-Rhodrese /pa'o:r/ might become/stay _paor_ /pa'(w)or/. What do ye all think? I *know* that real languages don't take measures to avoid mergers, but only clear up the mess afterwards, so what may come in to replace one or more of these forms once they have merged? TIMORE > _temaur_, obviously, or FORMIDINE > _fromidre/formilne_ -- I like _fromidre_ although according to Meyer-L�bke Old Spanish _formiguero_ 'fearful' is the only attested reflex in actual Romance. IEIUNU > _jaij�/jaijune/jaij��_, IMPROBUS > _empre_? I like _paur zaul_ for 'poor devil' however! Perhaps this item is preserved because it could also be *POR DIABULU? Drat, stressed *POR ain't likely at all, really! ;-( /Bendetx