LOGOI

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the smoking

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What it meant

1. from — de Vaan

from 'the smoking' to 'the purifying'. The development *dhue- > fe- is generally accepted, although there are no completely certain instances. If correct, this preform would be another instance of an e-grade in a substantival ro-formation, cf. Vine 2002, However, I see no way to exclude root identity of februus with febris < PIE *dhegwh-rk That is, *febro- might have meant 'a burning, offering', whence — [de Vaan, s.v. from, p. 222]

2. from — de Vaan

from 'crude (meat)5 > 'crude' rests in the air. Bibl.: WH II: 447f., EM 579, IEW 868-871, Leumann 1977: 73, Risch 1979: 713, Sihier 1995: 158. —> raudus, ruber, rufus rOdo, -ere 'to roar, bellow' [v. Ill; pf. rudivi] (Varro+) Pit. *roudrl*rud-. PIE *h3r(e)ud-H- [pr.] 'to weep, roar5, IE cognates: Skt. rudanti [3p.act], rodisi [2s.act.] 'to weep, bewail', OAv. raosta [aor.], uruddiiata [pr.] 'laments'; OLith. — [de Vaan, s.v. from, p. 542]

3. from — de Vaan

from 'to distinguish, make a decision', -scire can belong to a root meaning 'to cut off, incise'. LIV derives -scio from *sekH- (as in secare) which, in view of its meaning, may well be the same root as the one given by LIV as *sk eh2(i)- 'to cut', which is more likely *skh2~. Thus, the ^-present of Skt. -chyati and Lat. -scid may both go back to the same PIE present. LIV (following Rix 1999) assumes that -scire … — [de Vaan, s.v. from, p. 559]

4. from — de Vaan

from 'to reach' > 'to reach after, seek' > 'swear'. He explains the stem suka- in U. and SPic. as denominal *soikqje/o- to a noun *soiko- 'declaration'. BibL: IEW 897f., Meiser 1986: 87f, Unteimann 2000: 589f, 712f., LIV *sejk-. sucus sucus 'juice* [m. ο] (Ρ1.+) Derivatives: sucidus 'fresh, juicy1 (Varro+), comucidus afresh, juicy' (PL). ι Pit. *souko-. PIE *soulc-o- 'juice' (or *seuk-o~?). IE cognates: W. sugno 'to … — [de Vaan, s.v. from, p. 609]

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. from (scan pp. 609-610; entry #1725). Root candidates: *soiko-, *sejk-, *souko-.

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