Re: [tied] Re: Pre-Germanic speculation

From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 26755
Date: 2003-10-31

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 22:37:40 +0100, alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

>I saved on my machine the messages about Germanic of Miguel. I guess I
>cannot find the feminine Genitive for "-er" like German "der", English
>"her"(?)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/24546

Under a:-stems:

Gen. *-eh2os > *-a:s *-o:z
Goth. -o:s, ON -ar, OE -e (-ae), OS -a, OHG -a:

I don't think I talked specifically about the pronominal endings. The
etymology is the same (*ta:s > *þo:z > G. der), but *-z is maintained in
West Germanic (as -r) in a monosyllable.


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