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What linguistic process is illustrated by changing /a/ into /e/ in inars/iners? Assimilation? Why has it taken place?






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  • Possible duplicate of If arm is 'arma', why is unarmed 'inermis' and not 'inarmis'? luchonacho’s answer has a quote that mentions iners.
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Possible duplicate of If arm is 'arma', why is unarmed 'inermis' and not 'inarmis'? luchonacho’s answer has a quote that mentions iners.
– sumelic
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Possible duplicate of If arm is 'arma', why is unarmed 'inermis' and not 'inarmis'? luchonacho’s answer has a quote that mentions iners.
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This is called vowel reduction.
Basically, a vowel that loses emphasis becomes weaker.
This is very typical with one-syllable prefixes:
ars > iners, facere > efficere.
It can also happen due to inflection, as in tango > tetigi (from stem tag- with nasal augment in present stem and reduplication in perfect stem).



Old Latin had initial stress and therefore prefixes move stress away.
When stress is lost, a short vowel tends to become weaker.
The stress system changed later, but the vowel changes stuck.






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    This is called vowel reduction.
    Basically, a vowel that loses emphasis becomes weaker.
    This is very typical with one-syllable prefixes:
    ars > iners, facere > efficere.
    It can also happen due to inflection, as in tango > tetigi (from stem tag- with nasal augment in present stem and reduplication in perfect stem).



    Old Latin had initial stress and therefore prefixes move stress away.
    When stress is lost, a short vowel tends to become weaker.
    The stress system changed later, but the vowel changes stuck.






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      This is called vowel reduction.
      Basically, a vowel that loses emphasis becomes weaker.
      This is very typical with one-syllable prefixes:
      ars > iners, facere > efficere.
      It can also happen due to inflection, as in tango > tetigi (from stem tag- with nasal augment in present stem and reduplication in perfect stem).



      Old Latin had initial stress and therefore prefixes move stress away.
      When stress is lost, a short vowel tends to become weaker.
      The stress system changed later, but the vowel changes stuck.






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        This is called vowel reduction.
        Basically, a vowel that loses emphasis becomes weaker.
        This is very typical with one-syllable prefixes:
        ars > iners, facere > efficere.
        It can also happen due to inflection, as in tango > tetigi (from stem tag- with nasal augment in present stem and reduplication in perfect stem).



        Old Latin had initial stress and therefore prefixes move stress away.
        When stress is lost, a short vowel tends to become weaker.
        The stress system changed later, but the vowel changes stuck.






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        This is called vowel reduction.
        Basically, a vowel that loses emphasis becomes weaker.
        This is very typical with one-syllable prefixes:
        ars > iners, facere > efficere.
        It can also happen due to inflection, as in tango > tetigi (from stem tag- with nasal augment in present stem and reduplication in perfect stem).



        Old Latin had initial stress and therefore prefixes move stress away.
        When stress is lost, a short vowel tends to become weaker.
        The stress system changed later, but the vowel changes stuck.







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