Final Theta in Spanish

[Miguel Carrasquer Vidal]

On Thu, 23 Nov 2000 11:33:44 +0000, larryt at cogs.susx.ac.uk (Larry
Trask) wrote:

>Anyway, the history of final /e/-loss in Castilian is a trifle
>complicated.  For example, Latin <dulcem> yielded the expected <duz>,
>well attested in medieval Castilian, but the variant <duce> seemingly
>never disappeared, and modern <dulce> exhibits not only the final /e/
>but also an extra /l/ which it picked up somehow.  As for <doce> '12',
>from <duodecim>, I confess I have little idea why that /e/ is still
>there.

After a consonant cluster, the -e remained (once, catorce, quince),
and thus by analogy doce, trece.  I suppose.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv at wxs.nl