Re: [tied] The 1ps pronoun *ego:... or is it *eg?

From: danjmi
Message: 17079
Date: 2002-12-09

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Dec 2002 13:19:52 -0000, "tgpedersen
> <tgpedersen@...>" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>
> >Dumb question: does Latin ecce "voila" (or rather "voici") fit in
> >here?
>
> Pokorny explains it as *ed-ke (*id-ki?), neuter sg. of *e-/*-i plus
> *ke (pronoun *ki).
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

My Cassell's Dictionary has 'ecce' < 'en' + 'ce', the former being
an interjection with about the same meaning and the latter an
intensive (as in 'illic' vs. 'ille'). Not much to work on in these
one or two letter words.
Dan Milton

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