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

What's the *hoi- based on? The Oxford Latin Dictionary says "_hemon-_
old form acc. Paul. Fest.p.100M.", though this may be due to confusion
with _hemonem_, the acc.sg. of homo, for which the same ref. is given
s.v. homo. But it doesn't mention a spelling with hoi-, which would be
even harder to account for than hu:-.

Kim Bastin

On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 09:16:11 +0100, you wrote:

>>Is there any explanation of Latin _hu:ma:nus_, in particular its long
>/u:/ ?
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>It's from *hoimanos, but there's no explanation for the -oi- as far as I
>know.
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>Peter
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