(_a_) _Berbitz_ = _vervēcem_, _camis_ = _camĭsia_, come from
alternative V. L. forms, _berbīcem_, ✱_camīsia_. _Planissa_
(also -_eza_), _sebissa_, etc., probably show -_īcia_ for
-_ĭtia_. For _dit_ = _dĭgĭtum_ see § 65, Y, 1.
(_b_) In many learned words Latin ĭ is represented by i in
Provençal: _albir_, _martire_, _edifici_, _iuzizi_, _servizi_,
_vici_, etc.; _iusticia_, _leticia_, _tristicia_, etc.
_Aurilha_ (also ẹ) ＜ _aurĭcula_, _cilh_, (also _cieilh_,
_sobreselhs_) ＜ _cĭlium_, _issilh_ ＜ _exĭlium_, _familha_ ＜
_famĭlia_, _maístre_ (also maẹstre maiẹstre) ＜ _magĭstrum_,
_meravilha_ (also ẹ) ＜ _mirabĭlia_, _perilh_ ＜ _perĭculum_,
etc., are probably learned forms. _Máistre_ and _mestre_ are
French.
(_c_) _Ciri_ (_cere_) = _cēreum_, _iure_ (cf. _ebriac_)
= _ēbrium_ (or ✱_ĕbrium_), _marquis_ (ẹ), _merci_ (ẹ),
_país_ (ẹ) = ✱_pagēnsem_, _plazir_ (ẹ), _pris_ (ẹ), etc.,
are French.[15] For a discussion of _iure_ and a different
explanation of _ciri_, see P. Savj-Lopez, _Dell’ “Umlaut”
provenzale_, 1902, p. 4.
(_d_) _Ins_ (also _entz_) ＜ _ĭntus_, _dins_ (also _dens_) ＜ _de
ĭntus_, _dintre_ (cf. _en_, _entre_) ＜ _de ĭnter_ have not
been satisfactorily explained. Regular forms with ẹ are found
in Béarn, Gascony, Dauphiné, and the Alps.
(_e_) Individual cases: _tapit_ ＜ ταπήτιον shows the modern
pronunciation of Greek η; _verin_ = _venēnum_ is an example of
substitution of suffix.
3. _Arnei_, _fei_, _mei_ = _me_, _palafrei_, _perquei_, _sei_ =
_se_ are French or Poitevin forms; they are common in William
of Poitiers. _Mercey_, _rey_ = _re_, used by Marcabru, seem to
be due either to an imitation of such forms as the preceding or
to the analogy of _crei_ _cre_ ＜ _crēdo_. Cf. § 65, N, 3.
4. _Contránher_ seems to be a fusion of _constrĭngere_ and
_contrahere_; _vendanha_ ＜ _vindēmia_ shows French influence.