From: tgpedersen
Message: 46317
Date: 2006-10-09
>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/45814
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Carl Hult <datalampa@> wrote:
> >
> > Now I don't know whether this verb has been discussed here
> > before, I don't feel inclined to seek out any such discussion
> > at this time, 'but doesn't habere sound to you like the ugly
> > duckling in the latin nest? It sounds more germanic than italic.
> > Anyone know how old this word is in latin, when it is attested
> > the first time?
> It's in the XII Tables, traditionally dated around 450 BC (or at
> least it's in later authors quoting the Tables).
> Similar words with the same meaning in Oscan and Umbrian suggest
> it's an old Italic word.