Re: Latinus geminus

On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:45:08 -0000, "alexandru_mg3"
<alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:

>
>I think that Latin geminus and Skt. yama'- reflects a PIE g'em-
>
>But I saw that Mattasovic (and not only) linked these forms with PIE
>*yem-(o-no) > OIr. emon
>
>On the other hand I know that PIE *y- (yekwr-) > Latin i-/j- (/iekur/)
>
>So I'm confused here.

PIE *yem- regularly gives Skt. yamás, etc. Latin g- cannot
come from *y-, but in this case, semantics usually takes
preference over phonetics. In Pokorny, the Anlaut of Latin
<geminus> is explained as `hat wohl das g- von der Wurzel
gem- `greifen, zusammenpressen' (oben S. 368 f. ) bezogen'.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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