Re: s->h

On Feb 15, 5:49 pm, "John Atkinson" <johna...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The Latin noun "passus" comes from Old Latin "padtus" by the regular
sound change "-dt-" > "-ss-" . That is, "pad-" stretch" with suffix
"-t-" denoting verbal action (the stretch of the legs in walking). The
verb "pandere", stretch, bend (PP "passus") is cognate. "Pad-" and
"pand-" apparently come from PIE "*pandos", bent (as does Old Norse
fattr).

Wouldn't *pedtus seems a more sensible term for walking?

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