Re: [tied] Laryngeal theory as an unnatural

On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 21:01:50 +0000, Abdullah Konushevci
<a_konushevci@...> wrote:

>> In Catalan, we have agermanat "brother (of a brotherhood"), afillat
>> "adoptive son, godson", cunyat "brother-in-law", etc.
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>> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
>> mcv@...
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>As far as I know, the Latin word <cognatus>, is derived from prefix
>cog- + natus (cf. nomen, cognomen < cog-nomen) and here we have
>nothing to do with the suffix -at(a).

Why not?

It's *con-gna:tus, a pf.ptc. in -a:tus. co:gno:men has been influenced by
co:gno:scere (we would have expected *co:no:men).

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...