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I was not saying that the a- was the privative prefix, although it makes no less sense than the combing prefix. I was simply saying, along with others, that is looks probable that knēstis and aknēstis are related. Here's what Chatraine has to say: Le mot � rapprocher de κνηστις �r�pe � fromage�, cf. sous -κναιω, et on admet que les deux termes sont identiques, cf. Bechtel, Gl. 1, 72, Wackernagel, Gl. 2, 1, Bechtel Lexilogus 27, , enfin Leumann, Hom. W�rter 49: ακνηστις serait n� d'une coupure fautive, chez Hom., de κατα ακνηστιν en κατ' ακνηστιν. Toutefois il n'est pas absolument impossible que ακνηστις ait �t� cr�� d�s la langue hom. pour distinguer les deux mots, l'alpha pouvant �tre une proth�se. I'll see if I can chase down the references cited.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Thanks Bran;
I may never grate cheese again. If in the days before prefixes we skated on bones, who knows what we grated our stuff on. ( you can buy it already grated )
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a prothetic vowel, if so, that's brilliant.
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 Wow! why did it not occur to me before? About this grate and spine thing: our word for spine is ruggegraat, i.e. rug = back; graat = bone. The bones of fishes are called graten. Etymology unfindable. ( disastrous to have supposedly bright ideas at the point of falling asleep)
Last edited by BranShea; 11/06/09 01:38 AM. Reason: smile
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I had to look this one up:
pro�thet�ic
: the addition of a sound to the beginning of a word (as in Old French estat�whence English estate�from Latin status) (M-W on-line) Cool!
Branny! Here, a rugrat is a small child!
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Ha! That's cool too. Today's rugrats hopefully will be the backbone of tomorrow's society. ;-)
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ruggegraat
Interesting word. German has R�ckgrat 'backbone, spine, chine'; Grat 'ridge, spine, crest'; Gebirgsgrat 'mountain ridge'; Fischgr�te, Gr�te 'fish bones.
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