Re: [tied] a question regarding Latin nasal

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 13:29:14 +0100, "alex_lycos" <altamix@...>
> wrote:
>
> >About the word "femina" I learn this is in fact originally

an "fem" (I

> >hope this information is not wrong, is in my Stowasser dictionary).
>
> The root is fe:- < *dhe:- "to suck". dhe:-mh1n-ah2 is a derivation
> with the middle/passive present participle ending *-mh1nos, *-

mh1nah2

> (Grk. -menos, -mene:) [this participle is otherwise lost in Latin].
>

How do you account for Swedish 'dägg-djur' "mammal"? If this is a
case of Verschärfung, there seems to be an -i- missing: *dhei- ?

Torsten