Inars > iners: how is this change called?
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What linguistic process is illustrated by changing /a/ into /e/ in inars/iners? Assimilation? Why has it taken place?
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Possible duplicate of If arm is 'arma', why is unarmed 'inermis' and not 'inarmis'? luchonacho’s answer has a quote that mentions iners.
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Possible duplicate of If arm is 'arma', why is unarmed 'inermis' and not 'inarmis'? luchonacho’s answer has a quote that mentions iners.
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Possible duplicate of If arm is 'arma', why is unarmed 'inermis' and not 'inarmis'? luchonacho’s answer has a quote that mentions iners.
– sumelic
1 hour ago
Possible duplicate of If arm is 'arma', why is unarmed 'inermis' and not 'inarmis'? luchonacho’s answer has a quote that mentions iners.
– sumelic
1 hour ago
Possible duplicate of If arm is 'arma', why is unarmed 'inermis' and not 'inarmis'? luchonacho’s answer has a quote that mentions iners.
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This is called vowel reduction.
Basically, a vowel that loses emphasis becomes weaker.
This is very typical with one-syllable prefixes:
ars > iners, facere > efficere.
It can also happen due to inflection, as in tango > tetigi (from stem tag- with nasal augment in present stem and reduplication in perfect stem).
Old Latin had initial stress and therefore prefixes move stress away.
When stress is lost, a short vowel tends to become weaker.
The stress system changed later, but the vowel changes stuck.
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1 Answer
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active
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This is called vowel reduction.
Basically, a vowel that loses emphasis becomes weaker.
This is very typical with one-syllable prefixes:
ars > iners, facere > efficere.
It can also happen due to inflection, as in tango > tetigi (from stem tag- with nasal augment in present stem and reduplication in perfect stem).
Old Latin had initial stress and therefore prefixes move stress away.
When stress is lost, a short vowel tends to become weaker.
The stress system changed later, but the vowel changes stuck.
answered 2 hours ago
Joonas Ilmavirta♦
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This is called vowel reduction.
Basically, a vowel that loses emphasis becomes weaker.
This is very typical with one-syllable prefixes:
ars > iners, facere > efficere.
It can also happen due to inflection, as in tango > tetigi (from stem tag- with nasal augment in present stem and reduplication in perfect stem).
Old Latin had initial stress and therefore prefixes move stress away.
When stress is lost, a short vowel tends to become weaker.
The stress system changed later, but the vowel changes stuck.
answered 2 hours ago
Joonas Ilmavirta♦
43.3k1055249
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up vote
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up vote
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This is called vowel reduction.
Basically, a vowel that loses emphasis becomes weaker.
This is very typical with one-syllable prefixes:
ars > iners, facere > efficere.
It can also happen due to inflection, as in tango > tetigi (from stem tag- with nasal augment in present stem and reduplication in perfect stem).
Old Latin had initial stress and therefore prefixes move stress away.
When stress is lost, a short vowel tends to become weaker.
The stress system changed later, but the vowel changes stuck.
answered 2 hours ago
Joonas Ilmavirta♦
43.3k1055249
This is called vowel reduction.
Basically, a vowel that loses emphasis becomes weaker.
This is very typical with one-syllable prefixes:
ars > iners, facere > efficere.
It can also happen due to inflection, as in tango > tetigi (from stem tag- with nasal augment in present stem and reduplication in perfect stem).
Old Latin had initial stress and therefore prefixes move stress away.
When stress is lost, a short vowel tends to become weaker.
The stress system changed later, but the vowel changes stuck.
answered 2 hours ago
Joonas Ilmavirta♦
43.3k1055249
answered 2 hours ago
Joonas Ilmavirta♦
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answered 2 hours ago
Joonas Ilmavirta♦
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answered 2 hours ago
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Possible duplicate of If arm is 'arma', why is unarmed 'inermis' and not 'inarmis'? luchonacho’s answer has a quote that mentions iners.
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