Re: Latin adjectives -BRIS...what's the origin?

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 59806
Date: 2008-08-11

On 2008-08-11 22:33, Joao S. Lopes wrote:
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> What's the origin of Latin adjectives like lugubris, funebris, celebris,
> etc.
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> They seem to be derived from s-stems, comparing funus/funebris/funestus.
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> *bri- < *-sri- ?

That's right: *-es-ri- > -ebri-. Cf. *mulies- (> mulier) --> *mulies-ri-
> muliebris.

Piotr