From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 29153
Date: 2004-01-06
>Richard:*dhéh1s-nom -> fíísnam
>>This challenges the etymology Latin _fa:num_ 'sanctuary' < *fasnom
>>f. *dHe:s, *dH&s 'root used in religious terms' (Pokorny root
>>#409). There are Italic cognates Oscan _fi/i/snam_ (I'm not sure
>>what the slashes in on-line Pokorny mean here) 'temple' and the
>>Umbrian expression _fesnafe_ translated into Latin as 'in fanum'.
>
>Alright, but I have questions. Why *fasnom? Why not *fesnom?
>How did we get /a:/ and not /e:/? Why did the *s disappear? I
>understand that *ni-sd-os becomes /nidus/, but only because *s
>came to be pronounced with its voiced allophone [z]. If we
>have Oscan /fíísnam/ with [e] AND "s", it seems like a far cry from
>Latin /fa:num/ with [a:] and no trace of "s".
> http://phaistos.narod.ru/Ana.htm=======================