Re: [tied] Re: suffix -ko

From: Joao
Message: 29428
Date: 2004-01-12

That's not what I meant to say, sorry if I was misunderstood. What I remember to read was that no-suffix is more common at a group of Italic peoples, and co-suffix in another. There was some people that showed -ici-ni, what was analysed as a co-people conquested or absorbed by a -no people. I mentioned no "racial" trait.
Latini/Latium and Sabini/Samnium (Safiniom) are analogous formations, arent they?
 
Joao
----- Original Message -----
From: Marco Moretti
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 10:37 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: suffix -ko

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao" <josimo70@......> wrote:
> I remember to read many years ago at an Encyclopedia Brittanica's
entry that Italic people showed two different suffixes: -no and -co,
and if no-people was conquested by a co-people, became -ni-co-, or ci-
no, in the opposite way. So, sabi-ni, os-ci, opi-ci, lati-ni, etc

Sorry, it's rather improbable. For example Latini are simply "people
of Latium". I know of no *Latinici or *Laticini.
Osci, Opici, Volsci have no /-no-/ ending before /-ko-/. 
In IE languages both /-no-/ and /-ko-/ suffixes are common in word
formation, they are not exclusive and it would be very strange a
similar "racial" use.

Regards

Marco




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