Suffixal -sk-

[Hans-Werner Hatting]

On Fri, 2 Feb 2001 16:21:24 +0100 (MET), Jens Elmegaard
Rasmussen<jer at cphling.dk> wrote:

>On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Alberto Lombardo wrote:

>>I'd like just add that the suffix -asko is the more typical
>>locative Ligurian suffix; it seems to have had IE links.
>>The meaning must have been "high, elevated place".

>Could you elaborate on the semantic assessment? If it is the suffix of
>Italian bergamasco "from Bergamo", I find it hard to see that the
>adjective is any higher or more elevated than the base-word
>itself.

>Could anyone tell us if Bask has a suffix of geographical of ethnic
>belonging containing /-sk-/? If so, could we have a few clear examples?

Is there any chance that either the Italian or the Ligurian suffix is
related to the IE suffix *-isko- we find in German -isch, Engl. -ish, Old
Church Slavonic -i0sk- ?

Best regards,
Hans-Werner Hatting