Talk:puerpo

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, this is a Ladino word that means ‘body.’ The noun kuerpo is also used. The question is, how did we come from Old Spanish cuerpo to puerpo? Are they even related? -- Romanophile ♞ (contributions) 05:31, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
 * My sources list it as a dialectal variant of . I have no clue how that /k/ > /p/ could have happened. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 06:19, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Apparently this is rare, but not unheard of. See Assimilation (phonology). —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 06:26, 10 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Or it could be assimilating to the following /w/, which seems much more likely to me. --WikiTiki89 17:10, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Then why are, , etc all unaffected? —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 17:14, 10 April 2016 (UTC)


 * I guess it must have been an irregular process. But compare muestro/mozotros. --WikiTiki89 17:36, 10 April 2016 (UTC)