Re: [tied] Fanum (was: Origin of Demeter)

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 29165
Date: 2004-01-06

Miguel:
>*dh�h1s-nom -> f��snam
>*dh&1s-n�m -> fasnom -> fa:num

Seems like a cheap ploy to explain away an aberrant form.
While *h1 might explain Latin -a-, what explains the mystery
disappearance of this unattested "s"? What exactly is the
process? What am I missing? Shouldn't it be rhotacized like
in /fe:riae/?


= gLeN

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