In this paper I propose an analysis of the diachronic developments of the Indo european diphthongs *ai and *ei in Old and Middle Welsh which, according to a general rule, yield the diphthongs oe and, respectively, wy. At the light of the somewhat phonetically puzzling (etymological) comparison between Old Irish failenn and Middle Welsh gwylan ‘seagull’ and of some analogous, unexpected oscillations in other lexical items, which apparently occur also in some placenames and in some loanwords from Latin, I advance the hypothesis that the outcomes of these two diphthongs can sometimes overlap. While the regular phonetic developments from *ai to oe and from *ei to wy are on the whole confirmed, anomalous outcomes can be therefore explained as the result of sporadic phenomena of merger.
In questo articolo propongo un'analisi degli sviluppi diacronici dei dittonghi indoeuropei *ai e *ei in antico- e medio-gallese che, normalmente, passano a oe e wy. Alla luce del confronto etimologico tra antico irlandese failenn e medio-gallese gwylan ('gabbiano'), evidente ma foneticamente problematico, e di analoghe, inattese oscillazioni fonetiche in altri elementi lessicali, le quali compaiono anche in alcuni toponimi e in prestiti dal latino, si avanza l'ipotesi che gli esiti di questi due dittonghi possano a tratti sovrapporsi. Se, in generale, gli sviluppi fonetici regolari da *ai a oe e da *ei a wy risultano confermati, esiti apparentemente anomali possono essere spiegati come il risultato di sporadici (e pure, attestati e giustificabili) fenomeni dei convergenza.
Sviluppi anomali e fenomeni di convergenza in alcuni dittonghi del medio-gallese
NUTI, ANDREA
2016-01-01
Abstract
In this paper I propose an analysis of the diachronic developments of the Indo european diphthongs *ai and *ei in Old and Middle Welsh which, according to a general rule, yield the diphthongs oe and, respectively, wy. At the light of the somewhat phonetically puzzling (etymological) comparison between Old Irish failenn and Middle Welsh gwylan ‘seagull’ and of some analogous, unexpected oscillations in other lexical items, which apparently occur also in some placenames and in some loanwords from Latin, I advance the hypothesis that the outcomes of these two diphthongs can sometimes overlap. While the regular phonetic developments from *ai to oe and from *ei to wy are on the whole confirmed, anomalous outcomes can be therefore explained as the result of sporadic phenomena of merger.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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