Re: Latin -idus as from dH- too

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
<miguelc@...> wrote:

>
> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:53:34 -0000, "alexandru_mg3"
> <alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:
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> >--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> ><miguelc@> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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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> >> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> >> miguelc@
> >
> > The point here is a phonetical one Miguel: if one assume a
> >metathesis h-t > t-h => I don't see any specific reason to assume
> >only -h1- and not h in general
> > So barba:tus is a real issue for her and she is quite aware

about

> >this: she quite tries to cover the issue with a
> >supposed 'restauration' in barba:tus
>
> I was referring to your points (b) [semantics] and (c) [why
> a laryngeal?] which become perfectly clear once Olsen's
> theory is stated correctly.
>
>
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> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> miguelc@...

Not quite. But let's finalize a) first.

Marius