[53] Possibly it comes from N. Greek σράδη: cf. Romanische Forschungen, XV, 880.
[54] See Zs., XXXII, 434.
[55] Magis was probably reduced to mais in Vulgar Latin.
[56] Legir may have been reconstructed on the basis of leg ＜ lĕgit.
[57] For the groups ending in y, cf. L. J. Juroszek, Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der jotazierten Konsonanten in Frankreich, in Zs., XXVII, 550 ff. The groups ending in y and those containing c or g have been studied by H. Sabersky, Zur provenzalischen Lautlehre, 1888.
[58] S is generally written ss between vowels, to distinguish it from s = z.
[59] Most of the words in this category are semi-learned: cf. fabla and faula. See § [55], B.