Re: English /p/ in "up" and "open"

From: tgpedersen
Message: 36251
Date: 2005-02-12

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <magwich78@...> wrote:
>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
> wrote:
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> > Both 'ab'/'(s)ub' and *ud- take suffix -s (in Latin and Germanic).
>
> They do? Where?
Latin preverbs abs-, s-us-, Germanic *uds- > ur.
>
> > And the third in that company is *(a/u)per- "across" (from *ap-
> > /*up-).
>
> Do you think there is a suffix *-er there?
>

Yup. up/over.

http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/Op.html
http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/Opr.html

Torsten