[Lexicog] feugo etymology

[Chaz and Helga Mortensen]

That I don't know.

-Chaz

On Jun 6, 2005, at 11:51 AM, Mike Maxwell wrote:

> Chaz and Helga Mortensen wrote:
>> You have to take stress placement into account here as well. Fuego has
>> stress on the first syllable and the /o/ (I can never remember if it's
>> the Latin
>> /o/ or /o:/) becomes -ue-. (If the /o/ does not change in this
>> situation it comes from the other Latin /o/.)
>> In fogon and fogata, the /o/ is not stressed and maintains its
>> quality.
>
> Right, I understand that /o/ > /o/ or /ue/ is dependent on stress.  My
> question is why the Latin /f/ didn't > /h/ in 'fogon' and 'fogota',
> like
> it did in ferro > hierro etc.
> --
> 	Mike Maxwell
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