Re: [tied] Slavic hawk-word

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 10911
Date: 2001-11-02

... And a new idea. Could it be that the Latin form was originally *o:cupiter, *o:cipiter (cf. o:cior) or the like, remodelled folk-etymologically after accipio 'take'?
 
Piotr
 
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From: Piotr Gasiorowski
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Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Slavic hawk-word

Self-correction: *&k^wi-p(e)ter- (a consonantal stem -- gen.sg. accipitris).