Re: -ber, -bris

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

> which is the meaning of the Latin particle "-bris", particle which

is to

> find in the denomination of the months ?
>
> (September, Octomber, November, December)
>
> Alex

It's actually not a particle, but the result of a sound change. The
following is from Andrew Sihler's New Comparative Grammar of Greek
and Latin (1995):

septem-mens-ri- "pertaining to the seventh month"

> septemenèri- > septemembri- > nom. september via syncope and

assimilation

- Rob