Re: Latin -idus as from dH- too

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:05 -0000, "alexandru_mg3"
<alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:

>
>Talking about the spreading of dH(e)h1- compounds in PIE times:
>
>I think that Olsen theory regarding Latin -idus as sourced on
>-h-to- > t-h-o > etc...is finally a mistake

What Olsen actually says is that -idus comes from *-eh1-tos
(> *-ethos > -idus), where *-eh1- is the stative suffix. For
instance cale:re "to be warm" => calidus.

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