Latin sitis (was: The oddness of Gaelic words in p-)

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> Subject: [tied] Re: The oddness of Gaelic words in p-

> I'd say that an original noun/adj. formed that verb. If so,
> *pediko- was the original form, like *sitikos 'thirsty' > siccus
> 'dry', with (perhaps not regular) middle V>0 between two consonants.
> If it was regular, the type of C would have counted.

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> Patrick:
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> I must have passed something by. Where is *sit-, 'thirst', attested?
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Nowhere, Latin sitis < *ks.itis < *gWHdiitYis < *gWHadaytus.
Compare Skt ks.itiH 'destruction', Gk phthisis 'decay, wasting away'.

> Therefore *pediko- was a noun/adj. I couldn't tell if it meant
> 'sin' or 'sinful', and it could have been both, but I said nothing
> about its origin, whether formed from noun or verb.

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> Patrick:
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> Looking at *pedika:-, I suspect we are dealing with two nouns: *ped-,
> 'stumble', and *ka:-, 'faeces'. with an original meaning of ritual
> uncleanness.
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No.

> > By the way, Watkins derives Latin <pedica> 'fetter, snare'
> > from *ped-ika:, which suggests that your alternative
> > derivation of <pecca:re> wouldn't work anyway.
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> Patrick:
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> I think this is fairly transparently *ped-, 'foot', + *k(h)a:-, 'hurt'.
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No.