[tied] Re: -ber, -bris

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

> Rob wrote:

> > 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

> [Alex:] it looks like trying to make the best of something but not

very clean. Thank you for your explanation Rob.

"Not very clean?" What do you mean? It's as clean as a whistle. *-sr-

> -br- may look odd, but it's a regular change in Latin, cf.

*kom-swesr-i:nos > consobri:nus 'mother's sister's son', *me(:)ms-ro-m

> membrum 'body part', *k^r.h2-sr-o:n > cra:bro: 'hornet'. Haplology

(*-emem- > -em-) is a perfectly ordinary phenomenon.

Piotr