Re: [tied] Polish G. -ga

On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 22:01:47 +0100, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:

>I see no reason to believe that <-ga> in collective numerals should be particularly old. It's simply the generalised extension -g- of pronominal origin plus the gen.sg. ending.

OK, sounds reasonable. What about Slovene/Serbo-Croat -ega/-oga?

>As regards the origin of -g- (Russian -v-) in the gen.sg. of the Slavic interrogative and non-feminine demonstrative and relative pronouns (with the remarkable exception of archaic c^eso/*c^Iso with its -s-), it's so obscure that any reasonable hypothesis is welcome and worth considering. What do you make of *-j- in feminine pronous? Another hiatus-buster?

No, that I see as inherited from the feminine marker *ih2/*yah2, more
or less as follows:

N **tá-ix > *té-h2 > *ta: > ta
A **tá-ix-m > *té-h2-m > *ta:m > toN
G **ta-íx-âs > *to-yáh2-os > *toyá:s > toye(N)
[**ta-ix-ás > *to-yh2-és > *toyyás]
DL **ta-íx-a(i) > *to-yáh2-i > *toyá:i > toyi
[**ta-ix-á(i) > *to-yh2-ái > *toyyái]
IA[**ta-íx-ât > *to-yáh2-ot > *toyá:t]
**ta-ix-át > *to-yh2-éh1 > *toyyá: > toyo(N)

N **í-ix > *yé-h2 > *ya: > ya
A **í-ix-m > *yé-h2-m > *ya:m > yoN
G **a-íx-âs > *e-yáh2-os > *eyá:s > yeye(N)
[**a-ix-ás > *e-yh2-és > *eyyás]
DL **a-íx-a(i) > *e-yáh2-i > *eyá:i > yeyi
[**a-ix-á(i) > *e-yh2-ái > *eyyái]
IA[**a-íx-ât > *e-yáh2-ot > *eyá:t]
**a-ix-át > *e-yh2-éh1 > *eyyá: > yeyo(N)


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