Re: [tied] Re: final -s, IE

From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 34681
Date: 2004-10-15

I think Paco is a Spanish nickname for Francisco.
--- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> escreveu:

---------------------------------

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao"
<josimo70@...> wrote:
> In Portuguese there is also vestiges of nominative
in names,
Carlos, Domingos, Marcos, Paulos (archaic, recorded at
XVIIth
century; modern: Paulo)
> In Slavic the final -s is dropped *-os > -U, but I
dont know the
intermediary steps.
>

BTW where does 'Paco' come from? Kuhn had a long list
of names in Pak-
from Latin, Frisian, Old English and 'Ubian' (names
on epitaphs
found in the Rhine region).

Torsten





Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT


---------------------------------
Yahoo! Groups Links

To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/

To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
cybalist-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo!
Terms of Service.






_______________________________________________________
Yahoo! Acesso Grátis - Internet rápida e grátis. Instale o discador agora! http://br.acesso.yahoo.com/