Is there an analogous formation in the Latin adjectives spissus "thick", crassus "thick", grossus "thick, fat, large, bulky", bassus "short"? Cou we add de:nsus "dense" to this group? Are they vernacular Latin words or loanwords from Italic, Celtic, Ligurian neighboors?
crassus < *kratsos ? akin to Greek kratos (g. krateos) < *krh2tos- > *krh2ts-o- ?
JS Lopes
***R So crassus originally meant "fleshy"? That would make sense.
Bassus wouldn't be originally Latin because of /b-/ but it may be P-Italic, Ligurian or Celtic, etc.
We discussed grossus about 10 years ago or so and there should be something useful in the archives.