I know, but... how if honos, honoris came from *honor, honoris, through analogy to s-stems? I know it's a bit unlikely.
Forgetting *ner-, honos- would point to gHon-o(:)s ? If we look for another s-stems to find parallel formations, amo:r (*amo:s) ~ ama:re ~ ami:cus, we would have hono:s ~ *hona:re ~ honi:cus. IE *gHen-?
Keeping the idea of prefix *ho-, we'd try *g^Ho-no:s, maybe < *g^Ho-hon-o:s, g^Ho-won-o:s... ? Or a variation of onus (honos-) "burden", with an aberrant h- for IE h-?
JS Lopes
De: bmscotttg <BMScott@...>
Para: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Enviadas: Quarta-feira, 10 de Março de 2010 20:54:12
Assunto: [tied] Re: Latin Honor < ?
--- In cybalist@... s.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@.. .> wrote:
> What's the origin of Latin hono:r "honour" ?
> < *g^Ho-h2nor- ? (g^Ho- "this" + h2ner- "male,man, warrior"
> < *H2onor- ? (through some deviant development)
Can't be: OLat <honos> ~ <honoris> is from <honos> ~ *<honosis>
via rhotacism.
Brian