Res: [tied] hu:ma:nus - humus - guman

From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 66450
Date: 2010-08-13

This explain *guman <*dHg^Hºm-on-, but... how about the long U in hu:ma:nus? Influence of hu:midus?

JS Lopes


De: Brian M. Scott <BMScott@...>
Para: Joao S. Lopes <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Enviadas: Sexta-feira, 13 de Agosto de 2010 12:54:48
Assunto: Re: [tied] hu:ma:nus - humus - guman

 

At 12:19:18 AM on Friday, August 13, 2010, Joao S. Lopes
wrote:

> How to explain the -u- in Latin hu:ma:nus, humus, humilis,
> and Germanic guman (OE guma), if these words get back to
> *dHeg^Hom - root?

From a zero-grade oblique stem, *(dH)g^Hm-.

Brian