Re: Res: [tied] Etymology of Rome - h1rh1-em-/h1rh1-o:m-

On 2007-03-14 12:46, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> So Piotr, I understand that now you agree with my ideea
>
> PIE dHg^H-o:m- > Latin *hu:m-(a:nus)?
>
> Initially you have said that such a derivation is not possible ...

I actually said *dHg^H-o:m-h3n- > hu:ma:nus was impossible. It is. I
agree with Sean that the development of *o: > Lat. u: is possible in
monosyllables before a resonant (certainly *r, possibly *m). The
<-a:nus> part can't go back to anything like *-h3n-. It's just a
productive Latin suffix added to the 'earth' word in the immediate
ancestor of Latin.

Piotr