[Lingtyp] before and after

[Timur Maisak]

I guess, in Russian the situation is the same (comparative forms are
involved):
- *раньше *'before', 'earlier' (< *рано *'early', adverb)
- *позже *'after', 'later' (< *поздно *'late', adverb)

Best,
Timur Maisak

чт, 26 мая 2022 г. в 10:17, Sitthiches Chenruay <sitthiches.che at gmail.com>:

> Latin:        prima/ primus
> Sanskrit:   para-ma/ pratha-ma  (the highest/ the first)
> Pali:          para-ma/ paṭha-ma
>
> Latin:        optima/ optimus
> Pali - Sanskrit:  utta-ra 'higher, upper'   utta-ma 'the highest'
>                           adha-ra 'lower'             adha-ma 'the lowest'
>                           apa-ra/ ava-ra  'lower'  ava-ma 'the lowest'
>
>
> *ด้วยความซาบซึ้ง *
>
> *สิทธิเชศวร์ เจนเรื่อย  (ครูต้อง)*
>
> *Much Appreciated *
> *Sitthiches Chenruay (A. Tong) *
>
>
> On Thu, 26 May 2022 at 12:54, Nigel Vincent <
> nigel.vincent at manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>> In the Romance and Germanic languages I'm familiar with the words meaning
>> 'before' and 'after' often have etymologies which involve a comparative or
>> superlative suffix - e.g. the -*ter *in *after* or Italian *prima *'before'
>> from the Latin word for 'first' and with the same suffix as *optimus *'best'.
>> I'd be grateful for:
>>  a) similar examples from other languages
>>  b) any references to literature where this general pattern is discussed.
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Nigel
>>
>>
>> Professor Nigel Vincent, FBA MAE
>> Professor Emeritus of General & Romance Linguistics
>> The University of Manchester
>>
>> Linguistics & English Language
>> School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
>> The University of Manchester
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/researchers/nigel-vincent(f973a991-8ece-453e-abc5-3ca198c869dc).html
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