ausculto Latin · revision 32278

− It is probably [[inh|itc-pro|*auskoltā]], a compound whose first part is the old unrhotacized stem *aus- of [[m|la|auris|t=ear]].^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|auris]] to [[itc-pro|*aus(i)-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂eus-|t=ear]].^(de Vaan 2008) The second part is often explained as a form meaning hearing, from [[ine-pro|*ḱlew-|t=to hear]], the root of [[m|la|clueō|t=to be called]];^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Klingenschmitt reconstructs [[m|ine-pro|*h₂eus-ḱlut-eh₂-ie/o-]], with metathesis to ⟨-cult-⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Others take the second part from [[m|ine-pro|*ḱel-|t=to incline]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Cognate with the words for ear [[sga|áu]], [[grc|οὖς|tr=oûs]], [[lt|ausìs]] and [[got|𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉|tr=auso]].^(de Vaan 2008)