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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> 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.

And is seen in the variant di- of dis-, e.g. English _digress_,
_direct_, _divide_, _Nunc Dimittis_ (_dismiss_ comes from Mediaeval
Latin). Its a very effective way of hiding roots, e.g. Latin
_a:la_ 'wing'(> English 'aisle'), cognate with German
_achsel_ 'shoulder' (and presumably with Latin a:xilla 'armpit').

Richard.