Re: [tied] Nominative: A hybrid view

From: tgpedersen
Message: 22207
Date: 2003-05-24

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
> Some time ago, I suggested here that the Slavic adjectival and
> pronominal genitive ending -ego/-ogo (northern Russian /-Ivó/ ~
> /-&vó/) can also be derived from the ablative endings *-eo(t),
> *-oo(t), with glides /h/ (> /g/) or /w/ (> /v/) to break the hiatus.
>
Danish often confuses (midially and finally) w (< v) and original G.
You might start with one glide G and derive G > g and G > w > v. I
believe Piotr mentioned Byelorussian still has /w/?

Torsten