"Bernd Haegemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > > > Did you mistype something? I never saw a Greek word beginning with "mp". > > > > copy > > ÀµÁ¼À¬½Ä·Â > > to search engine and have a look :-) > > I seem to remember that in the preclassic times quite > some words started with "mp-", then reduced to b.
Vice versa, rather. The pronucniation of classical Greek letter B turned from <b> to <v> during the Byzantine era. That sound is what the letter stands for in the Cyrillical alphabet, too, so the shift must have taken place before Cyrill travelled to Sarmatia. In order to keep the sound, however, the consonant was in Greek then transcribed <mp>, whereas Cyrill used ?. Mathias > I also remember having seen this combination on > on road signs in Athens last year, but perhaps the sun > was too hot.. > > Mathias, Markus,... :-)) > > best wishes and > HAPPY EASTER for the orthodox friends > > B. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
