Re: [tied] Re: to kill

From: alex
Message: 28248
Date: 2003-12-09

Exu Yangi wrote:
> 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?

occi- with long "o" or short "o" ?

this is why I am asking for anything in CIL or anything else which shows
any "g" there. If not, then there is just the root "occi-" wich is
common with Latin any nothing more. The analogy Mr Iacomi speaks about
appears without basis.

Alex