Re: comohota

Perhaps it was written after <h> became silent and was
used, as sometimes in Spanish (e.g. prohibir), to
indicate 2 syllable instead of one. If so, this would
also mean that the /w/ was "swallowed" --so /komo-ota/
< earlier /komowota/.
But I'm just guessing

--- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

> I have a question about
> Umbrian comohota = Latin offerta
>
> This word is supposed to be from root *meu
> Latin mov-ere and Lituanian mauti.
>
> What does this -h- in como-h-ota stand for ?
> I cannot understand what it is doing there !?
>
> Arnaud.
>
>
>

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