From: rh@rudhar.com   
      
   Sun, 7 Apr 2024 18:57:54 -0000 (UTC): Christian Weisgerber   
    scribeva:   
      
   >On 2024-04-07, Ruud Harmsen  wrote:   
   >   
   >[Portuguese "és"]   
   >>>I find it complicated that it would be anything other than the normal   
   >>>evolution of latin 'es', but I haven't read on the subject.   
   >>   
   >> How would ‘es’ keep its s,   
   >   
   >The same way other second person forms keep their -s:   
   >Final -s is conserved from Latin to Portuguese.   
   >   
   >> when ‘est’ lost the t AND the s?   
   >   
   >Not a regular sound change.  Given it's extremely high frequency,   
   >an irregular reduction isn't that surprising.  And again, the 2./3.   
   >person clash after regular loss of -t had to be resolved in some   
   >way.   
      
   Makes sense.   
      
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