Re: Basque onddo

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 70413
Date: 2012-11-05

At 1:39:02 PM on Thursday, November 1, 2012, stlatos wrote:

[...]

>>>>>>>>> Where did Asena:rius come from, if not brd < Bq?

>>>>>>>> Cognomen from <asinus>.

[...]

> Where else in Romance is it found, as it should be if
> originally L?

_Chartes de l'abbaye de Saint Bertin_; the abbey is in
Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais. According to Morlet, 'Tertullien
affirme que c'était un surnom de mépris donné aux
chrétiens'.

[...]

> You've provided no ev. of original -s- in Latin,

You doubt that Latin <asinus> had -s-? Dear me.

> no reason for -ius and not > -io, etc.

You're not very familiar with medieval onomastics and
documentary Latinization, I take it.