From Newsgroup: alt.language.latin
On Sat, 17 May 2025 19:22:17 +0000, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
Etymological dictionaries agree that the widely borrowed Latin
"cadaver" derives from "cadere" 'to fall', but they gloss over the
details. Where's the -v- from? I can't tell if this is simply
obvious--if you actually know Latin, which I don't--or genuinely
unknown.
Many perfect stems have -v-, but cadere has a reduplicating perfect,
cecidi. Also, the perfect -v- doesn't appear in participle stems,
I think, which would be the most likely source to derive a noun
from.
So how _is_ cadaver formed from cadere?
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One theory is that the -v- comes from analogy with other
Latin nouns ending in -ver or -vus (e.g., palaver, pulver from pulvis
"dust"). Latin sometimes inserts a -v- as a connective or euphonic
element.
Word (Root Suffix) Meaning
pulvis (pul- -vis) dust
suavis (su- -avis) sweet
clavis (cla- -vis) key
cadaver (cad- -aver) corpse
amavi (ama- -vi) I have loved
vocavi (voca- -vi) I have called
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Reminds me of the question(s),
where does N in Javanese come from?
where does L in Congolese come from?
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