From: alex
Message: 22307
Date: 2003-05-27
>there is known "septem menstris" where "menstris"= monatlich, monthly
>>> 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