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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "petegray" <petegray@...> wrote:
> I think Piotr said (in a message I've gone and deleted) that this
suffix was
> only found in Germanic and Slavic. Isn't there a late Latin
adjective
> ending -iscus? How would that fit in?
>
> Peter
First of all: Is Not true that this suffix is present Only in
Germanic and Slavic: this suffix is present in Baltic and in Albanian
too.
The Latin suffix -iscus showing the 'origin', the 'apartenence' is
not of Latin origin. Based on Balkan Latin inscriptions Rosetti (via
Graur) appreciates that it entered in Latin from the Balkan Ancient
Languages : Dacian/Thracian/Illyrian.
The Balkan Latin inscriptions showing Lat. '-iscus' preceed any
Slavic contact with Romans and are more important (I mean in
numbers :see Rosetti's Latin inscriptions in ILR showing -iscus) and
also seems to preceed in time a possible Germanic influence over the
Latin regarding -iscus.
Only the Bests,
Best Regards,
Marius