Re: [tied] Latin -ô / -ônis endings

It's the IE ending *-o:n, -o:nos
In Portuguese the Latin -o: (-onem) developped into -a~o , a augmentative
suffix: cf. lobo "wolf", loba~o "big wolf"

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From: Christopher Gwinn <sonno3@...>
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Subject: [tied] Latin -ô / -ônis endings


> Does anyone know offhand the PIE etymology of the Latin -ô / -ônis
> (gen.) endings?
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> I am specifically interested in this because some Celtic names are
> Latinized with this ending and I am trying to figure out what the
> original Celtic form was and whether or not there was a close Celtic
> parallel to Latin -ô / -ônis.
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> - Chris Gwinn
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