Hello. Does anyone know how vox/voces evolved to voix? Where did the i come from? Actually voice also has an i.
You're right, but it is not systematic.The /we/ pronunciation is still heard frecuently in Quebec and French Canada. A common interjection is "Envoye", but it is pronounced /æ̃wej/.
Indeed. I only mentioned it as "living proof", if you will, of the intermediate stage of the pronounciation of the diphthong <oi>.Toi may be /twa/ or /twe/, but loi is always /lwa/.