Re: Etymology of Osettic "Nart"? (the suffix?)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Edlund Anderson" <cea@>
> wrote:
> >Celtic shows reflexes of a *ner-to-, though I don't know the function of
> >that -to- suffix;
>
> *ner-to-, 'strength'

Well, yes, "strength" is certainly the sense of *ner-to- in Celtic, though since PIE *ner-
already carries the sense "vital energy", I was wondering whether the -to- suffix itself has a recognized function or sense to it.

Cheers,
Carl