> Ydych yn siwr bod 'ysgol' yn cael "prosthetic vowel" fel yn 'escuela' ayb. > Dydy 'ysgol' ddim yn benthycaid o'r adeg pan oedd yr "prosthetic vowel" > wedi datblygu yn barod? Well, yes, if the Latin-origin theory is right, the prothesis wouldn't have started off within Welsh itself. But it seems to have become at some stage an authentically Welsh process, given its spread to non-Latin words (ysto^l, ysto^r, etc.). ************************ Nigel Love Linguistics Cape Town NLOVE@BEATTIE.UCT.AC.ZA ************************