From: cafaristeir
Message: 65963
Date: 2010-03-13
> > What's the origin of Latin hono:r "honour" ?I agree. The situation before rhotacism is still shown by "honestus" = "honos + tus" = "which has honour".
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> > < *g^Ho-h2nor-? (g^Ho- "this" + h2ner- "male,man, warrior"
> > < *H2onor- ? (through some deviant development)
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> Can't be: OLat <honos> ~ <honoris> is from <honos> ~ *<honosis>
> via rhotacism.
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> Brian
>