Re: [tied] PIE word for "people"

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From: "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] PIE word for "people"


> My hypothesis regarding the nomenclature is that a people settled at Rome,
> who called each other *ro:m ('adult human'[PCR]), and, collectively
> *ro:m-a:. When they needed to designate an individual as a member of the
> *ro:ma:, they called him/her *ro:ma:-n(o). When they wanted to specify
> several *ro:ma:-n(o), they formed a plural *ro:ma:n-i. If there is
> anything linguistically objectionable to this theorized process, I would
> be glad to learn of it.


Dear linguists here, what do you think on this etymology? Does it sound
probable? Is it science or true fiction?

Grzegorz J.



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