Greek question (night?)

[Rick Mc Callister]

>> In which IE languages does -t appear in "night"
>>besides Germanic or Modern French?Wayles Browne wrote:

>> Also Slavic: Russian noch', Old Church Slavonic nosht' etc. go back to
>>Common
>> Slavic *nokt-.

>but see also Polish _noc_

	It goes back to Common Slavic [see above]

>notice Rumanian _noapte_ and Catalan _nit_

both are from Latin nocte-
	intervocalic velars get labialized in Rumanian, someone else can
explain the exact details and conditions
	the Catalan form palatalized the /k/ to /y/; which is normal in
/kt/ clusters inherited by Ibero-Romance from Latin, someone else can
elaborate on the transformation of the vowel

>--
>Oli

Rick Mc Callister
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