Re: Res: Res: [tied] Re: (was Latin Honor < ?) Bestia

From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 67859
Date: 2011-06-25

long or short O ?

Are there many examples of this initial cluster stl- in another IE languages?

Latin: *stl- > *sl- > *l
Greek *stl- > ?   >*skl-? (cf. *dluku- > glykys
Germanic *stl- > *stl- >  ?sl-


There's also attempts to explain Latium from same root *stl-

JS Lopes

De: bmscotttg <bm.brian@...>
Para: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Enviadas: Sábado, 25 de Junho de 2011 14:52
Assunto: Res: Res: [tied] Re: (was Latin Honor < ?) Bestia

 
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...>
wrote:

> Could locus be a dialectal variant of lu:cus "grove" ?

No: Old Latin <stlocus> is attested.

Brian