Res: Res: [tied] Re: (was Latin Honor < ?) Bestia

From: Torsten
Message: 67850
Date: 2011-06-24

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> > IE *dhe(gh)- and Uralic teke- "put down"
> > Latin stlocus -> locus "place"
> > Latin *stla:t- (stlatt-) -> la:tus "spread out"
> > Latin lacus "lake"
> > Latin lucus ("hole" ->) -> "clearing" -> "grove"
> > Latin lanx "scalepan of scales" (cf bi-lanx and balance)
> > Latin longus (as "laid down", cf Engl. log, ON lag)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscan
'Latin locus (place) was absent and represented by the hapax slaagid (place)... .'

Obviously not. Oscan slaagid must be at least root cognate to Latin stlocus.


Torsten