Kanehiro Nishimura
Glotta 81 160-183 2005年 査読有り
The superlative suffix *-ismmo- has widely been reconstructed in Latin. In this paper, through an analysis of some superlative forms which are sporadically attested in Sabellian languages, I establish another suffix, *-ismo-, and describe phonological or morphological changes which led it to the attested form. The *-ismmo- can also be reconstructed in Sabellian languages, based on other superlative forms. The suffixal variety of this kind probably resulted from the time difference in the formation of the superlative forms and the nature of the meaning inherent in the adjectival roots.