Re: Origin of "igitur"

Ray Brown scripsit:

> Quite simply: I do not know the origin of _igitur_ and I can find no
> credible explanation in any of the references I have at hand. The
> suggestion that _igitur_ is derived from a unstressed _agitur_ used
> parenthetically is attractive, but do the meanings of _igitur_ and
> _agitur_ make this plausible?
Googling finds the following tantalizing fragment (actually clicking
on the link brings you to a tollgate that demands US$37.50 to get the
article):

Review of "Greek and Indo-European Etymology in Action:
Proto-Indo-European *ag'-" by Raimo Anttila

[...] opens with a number of interesting observations on the imperative
particle +ge+/age (Latin igitur )B�then� is a depleted variant of the
3sg agitur [...]

[+ge+ = gamma epsilon]

www.ingenta.com/isis/searching/Expand/ingenta?pub=infobike://jbp/dia/2001/00000018/00000002/art00005

However, the tollgate does at least provide the following off-web
reference: Diachronica 2001, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 359-366(8),
which someone with access to a university library might be able
to follow up.

Alternatively, the book itself was published by Benjamins in 2000
and should be available.

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