Re: [tied] Fanum (was: Origin of Demeter)

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 17:07:50 +0000, Glen Gordon <glengordon01@...>
wrote:

>
>Miguel:
>>*dhéh1s-nom -> fíísnam
>>*dh&1s-nóm -> fasnom -> fa:num
>
>Seems like a cheap ploy to explain away an aberrant form.

No, just the standard way Latin behaves.

>While *h1 might explain Latin -a-, what explains the mystery
>disappearance of this unattested "s"? What exactly is the
>process? What am I missing?

What you didn't miss earlier in nisdos > ni:dus.

>Shouldn't it be rhotacized like
>in /fe:riae/?

No. /s/ isn't intervocalic.

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