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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 April 2026
1 The corrected form of Luria's suggestion (Language 14.65): *
(by dissimilation) > *cinīscu is not any better: the penultima accentuation law in Latin forbids any such thing as a *
, and a dissimilation of ī-i to e-i (Sp. vecino) is more likely than a development in the opposite way, ĭ(= e)-i(= e) > ī-i.
2 Cf. the Sp. onomatopeic stems chist- ‘to make noise’, chisp- ‘spark’ etc.