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Re: Middle English Verbal Prefix i-

From:Elliott Lash <erelion12@...>
Date:Monday, March 13, 2006, 13:17
It may be related to the prefix "co[n/m]" in Latin and
"co" in Irish. In Gothic it seems to be "ga" but, that
again, this may be something else entirely.

 -Elliott


--- caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
wrote:

> >>Peter Bleackley <Peter.Bleackley@...> wrote: > > >>Middle English appears to have had a prefix i- > which could appear > >>before verbs. > > > >"Julia \"Schnecki\" Simon" <helicula@...> wrote: > > >It's probably related to the German prefix _ge-_ > that is used to > >form past participles.... > > We can dispense with the "probably." My source is > the AHD, as usual. > > Under the entry for "yclept," a word I've always > loved: > > "Middle English _ycleped_, Old English _gecleopod_, > past participle > of _clipian_, _cleopian_, to speak, call." The > derivation of _y_ > (_i_) from _ge_ is clearly seen. The infinitive > form, in Modern > English, is "clepe." > > I have never come across a reference to a PIE prefix > that would be > the origin of this Germanic prefix. Therefore, in > Senjecas I have > chosen simply to use the dental suffix to indicate > this participle, > e.g., _tôla_, determine; _tôlaþis_, determined. > > Charlie >
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