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Re: [romconlang] Re: Days of the week (fi: Translation exercise)



Jan van Steenbergen scripsit:

> > Climax < Greek _klimax_ 'ladder', ironically enough.
> 
> Cognate with "climb", or does it only seem so?

Almost certainly not, since Greek k = Germanic h/x.  I can find no
cognates of "climb" outside the Germanic languages (but my resources
are limited).

The PIE root of "klimax" is klei- 'lean', which has no English reflexes in
full grade (but borrowings -cline (in Latin words), -clivity, clitoris);
in zero grade, we have lid < OE hlid, lean < OE hleonian, and borrowings
client, climate, -cline (in Greek words), clitic.

Finally, in o-grade we have kloi-tr- > PGmc hlaidri > OE hlaeder > ladder!

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