Re: trill identification
| From: | caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 13:05 |
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> Arnt Richard Johansen <arj@...> wrote:
> The names of a species, empire, language, homeworld, homestar and so
> on will all be self-evidently related; Ogrons come from Ogros,
> Arisians come from Arisia, Arcturans come from Arcturus, and Humans
> no doubt come from Humus. --Justin B. Rye in A Primer In SF
> Xenolinguistics
I'm not sure whether this is meant in jest or is serious, but it is
true, although the two words followed different paths.
dhghem > suffixed o-grade *dhghom-o- > humus; humble, humus, exhume.
dhghem > suffixed o-grade *(dh)ghom-on > humanus > human(e).
Charlie
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