Res: [tied] Latin adjectives -BRIS...what's the origin?

From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 59809
Date: 2008-08-12

My main doubt is to know why Latin has so many i-stem adectives: brevis, gravis (i-augment for u-stems), fortis, funebris, utilis, omnis, nobilis etc. Is there any cognate in another IE language? Would this i-ending come from feminine forms?

JS Lopes

----- Mensagem original ----
De: Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
Para: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Enviadas: Segunda-feira, 11 de Agosto de 2008 17:40:49
Assunto: Re: [tied] Latin adjectives -BRIS...what's the origin?

On 2008-08-11 22:33, Joao S. Lopes wrote:
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> What's the origin of Latin adjectives like lugubris, funebris, celebris,
> etc.
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> They seem to be derived from s-stems, comparing funus/funebris/ funestus.
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> *bri- < *-sri- ?

That's right: *-es-ri- > -ebri-. Cf. *mulies- (> mulier) --> *mulies-ri-
> muliebris.

Piotr


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