Re: Res: [tied] Re: Latin Honor < ?

W dniu 2010-03-13 19:09, dgkilday57 pisze:

> If memory serves, the Gaulish word is <neme:ton>, since it (or a
> compound) is known from a text in the Greek alphabet. The suffix is thus
> identical to the Latin collective <-e:tum>, and should not be used for
> speculation of this sort.

You mean this inscription, I presume:

http://tinyurl.com/yav4b9h

But since it also uses e:ta twice in the name of Belisama, it would seem
that the writer was not very good at recording phonological vowel length
in Gaulish. Anyway, reflexes of *nemeto- 'venerated thing/person' occur
in OIr and in British personal names and toponyms.

> Since Celtic replaced *nebH- with *nem- (by
> tabuistic substitution?), it is not clear which root belongs to
> <neme:ton> anyway.

In either case it's related to a PIE es-stem.

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