On Thu, 05 Dec 2002 00:15:09 +0000, "Glen Gordon"
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glengordon01@...> wrote:
>>Yes, as I said (except the acc. form is actually *n.smé, derived
>>from *mes-mé).
>
>Then how do we get "us" instead of *usme??
Final *-e is dropped in Germanic, giving *uns(u)m and further *uns
(probably by analogy of the C-stem acc.sg. *-m. > *-um > *-u and *-0
after heavy syllable).
*n.smé is of course securely reconstructed already on the basis of
Skt. asmá:n (*nsme-om) or Grk. ámme < *n.smé.
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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