--- "Joao S. Lopes" <
josimo70@...> wrote:
> What's the origin of masculine a-ending names in
> Latin? IE?
>
> E.g.: Agrippa, Proca, agricola, Numa, etc.
I'd say that o>a after PIE x (H2) but it was usually
restored later. Possibly not in:
*sm,xam 'together, at the same time' > Grk háma; Lat
simul
if there was dissimilation m-m > m-0 in Grk and m-m>w~
> m-L in Lat.
In Italic I think there was also a change of final
o>a after any velar (mostly k and L) among other such
changes:
kWóLó+ ... xagre+px,+kó+ ... tórxó+
kWóLó+ ... xagre+px,+kó+ ... tóxó+
kWóLó+ ... xagre+px,+kó+ ... táxá+
kWóLá+ ... xagre+px,+ká+ ... táxá+
>
koLa+ .... agrepaka+ ....... ta:+
koLa+ .... agripika+ ....... ta:+
koLa+ .... agripka+ ........ ta:+
koLa+ .... agrippa+ ........ ta:+
-cola .... Agrippa .... Grk -te:+s
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