Re: [tied] Re: Latin *accu ?

Ax(a) = celtic

Eau/Rivière

Etymologie

Indo-Européen Akwa/Awk

Germanique Akhwo (Source). Vieux Norrois Aegir (Dieu de la mer)

Latin Aqua. Ancien Français Egua/Awa/Ewe/Eve/Eawe/Eaue. Occitan Aigo/Aiga/Aigue/Aygue

Hittite Akwanzi (Ils boivent)

Russe Akva

I hasten to add my two bits' worth:

cf *ekW- "drink" (Hittite ekuzzi, akkuwanzi), where a- is zero grade
of the ablaut vowel. Therefore compunds with ecc'- might have been
pronounced ak'-. Of course it's a problem no such forms have been
recorded. But if 'ecce iste' etc belonged to the spoken language, they
might have been avoided in writing?


Torsten