Re: [tied] Re: Latin [homo] from PIE *dhgho_mon- = Earth dweller?

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From: "Abdullah Konushevci" <a_konushevci@...>
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Subject: [tied] Re: Latin [homo] from PIE *dhgho_mon- = Earth dweller?



> As far as we know, Latin <homo, -inis> is derived from *(dh)g^hom-on-
> 'earthling'. So, from suffixed o-grade form of PIE root *dhg^hem-
> 'earth' and <humus> 'earth' of suffixed o-grade form *(dh)g^hom-o-,
> where -s is nominative singular ending. Reduced lengthened o-grade
> form yields in Albanian <dh�> 'earh' (<*(dh)g^ho:-).
> To my view, suffix -on is also present in *wekWo:m teks-on 'words
> weaver', my true vocation.

Archaic Latin hemo:, as well as ne:mo: < *ne hemo: show the original
vocalism in Latin (/e/ rather than /o/). But Latin /eN/ may go back to a
syllabic nasal, not necessarily to an IE e-grade. The most likely protoform
for all the various cognates of <homo:> (including OE guman- and Lith.
z^mon-) is *g^Hm.(-h)on-. If the second element is the Hoffmann suffix
*-h(3?)on-, it's genetically different from the *-on- of *t�k^�-on-, which
is quite probably a reduced variant of the participial suffix *-(o)nt-. For
one thing, *g^Hm.-(h)on- is derived from a noun ('earth'), but *t�k^�-on-
from a verb ('to fashion')!

Piotr