- diphthongization), and the
vowel /i/.
Compare Romanian outcomes like puţ <
PUTEUM, ţară < *[ˈtjɛrra] < TERRAM, and subţire < SUBTILEM.
Evidence of the palatalization...
- de
fulminum natura deque febrium origine, Patavii: Apud Crivellarium, ad
Puteum Pictum, 1634, OCLC 81321661, OL 24832467M De
rationalis animae varia propensione...
- Sotaelfouarge. From
there goes to the rock
called "Sotaelfouarge".
Abhinc vadit ad
puteum Longe-ville,
totam vallem Hachewadat. From
there goes to the
source Longueville...
- and the main road,
apparently adjacent to the
donation at Handsworth; a
puteum –
generally a well but
possibly a pit - at West Bromwich; a
watermill at...
