Re: Volcae and Volsci

At 7:21:59 PM on Friday, March 28, 2008, tgpedersen wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"
> <BMScott@...> wrote:

[...]

>> Matasovic:

>> PCelt. *kassi- 'hatred, hate' (OIr <cais> 'strong emotion
>> (whether positive or negative'; OWel, MBret, Corn <cas>) <
>> PIE *k^ah2d- 'hate'.

> So that's the PIE -h2d- > Celtic -ss-?

No. There's a dental suffix, and Matasovic (following
Schrijver, I think) believes that PIE *TT > PCelt. *ss
(rather than some intermediate that later becomes /ss/).

Brian