Re: [tied] Re: to kill

The occi- is an ancient root.

It shows up in Anatolian aki- (to kill), without a trace of the strange -g-
. Does anyone know the origin of the final -dere (I assume originally -dese)
?

Considering "ucigu" (o>u) could this be a dialectual borrowing?

>From: "m_iacomi" <m_iacomi@...>
>
>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "altamix" wrote:
>
> > I was searcing for some forms of Latin "occidere" but I could not
> > find anything with "g" there.
> >
> > Does anyone know about Latin "occidere" where the verb appears
> > as "occigo-" or something simmilar where the "g" is present there?
>
> There is nothing in Latin with /g/. I wrote:
><And no, it is not a new word since it appears in ancient texts
>(even with analogical forms in some of them: "ucigu")>
> ^^^^^^^^^^
> The word "analogical" is to be taken as opposed to "etymological":
>there is no etymological reason for the presence of the /g/, the
>reason is analogy with other verbal forms having it.
>
> Marius Iacomi
>

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