86. Metathesis is not very common in Provençal, although a few texts
offer many examples; it is apparently restricted to liquids and
nasals:--
cabi_r_ǫl = ✱_cabriol_ ＜ _capreŏ́lum_.
cocod_r_illa ＜ _crocodīlum_: cf. Italian _coccodrillo_.
c_r_aba = _cabra_ ＜ _capra_.
enf_r_ondar = ✱_enfondrar_ ＜ French _effondrer_
＜?✱_infŭndulāre_.
esc_r_emir ＜ _skirmôn_: cf. French _escrimer_.
esta_n_c ＜ _stagnum_: cf. French _étang_.
estu_r_men = _estrument_ ＜ _instrumĕntum_: cf. Italian
_stormento_.
fo_r_mir = _fromir_ ＜ _frumjan_: cf. French _formir_, etc.
f_r_eïr = _ferir_ ＜ _ferīre_.
g_r_ada = _garda_ ＜ ✱_warda_.
g_r_epir = _guerpir_ ＜ _wërpan_.
lhu_n_ = _nulh_ ＜ _nūllum_: analogy of _negun_. Cf. Fr. _nune
part_ (Balzac).
p_r_esseguier (also _pess-_) ＜ ✱_préssega_ ＜ _pĕrsĭca_.
rẹ_n_c (also _regne_) ＜ _rēgnum_.
t_r_ida ＜ τίγριδα.
t_r_onar ＜ _tonitruāre_ + _thrŏnus_.
t_r_uǫill ＜ _tŏrculum_.
t_r_obar ＜?_tŭrbāre_: see Körting.
1. In _ginhol_ = _genolh_ ＜ _genŭcŭlum_ the palatalization is
shifted from the liquid to the nasal. In _lunh_ = _nulh_ ＜
_nullum_, on the other hand, the palatalization remains at the
end of the word, but the liquid and the nasal change places.