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

On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 08:18:40 -0300 (ART), "Joao S. Lopes"
<josimo70@...> wrote:

>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-) ?

Probably, plus the fact that *-tlo- also became *-klo-
(*ph3-tlom > po:culum).

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