Re: [tied] Latin suffix -klo- > -culus, origin?

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From: "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...>
To: "Cybalist" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 5:18 AM
Subject: [tied] Latin suffix -klo- > -culus, origin?


> What's the origin of -k- in diminutive suffix -culus (<*-klo-)? It was
> frequent in n-stems and s-stems, and even r-stems:
> homo, homunculus
> portio, portiuncula
> carbo, carbunculus
> mas, masculus
> *crepus, crepusculus
> opus, opusculus
> mus, musculus
> os, osculus
> corpus, corpusculus
> frater, fraterculus
>
> Is it from names like *ox, oculus (*okWs, *oKw-lo-) ?

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Patrick:

Finally, a PIE suffix that is actually unambiguous.

*-k, 'child of, little'.

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