Double Plurals (was: Transhumance)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...>

wrote:

> > Masculine o-stems in West Germanic had either generalized the
> > nom. form *-o:siz (OE -as, OS -os) or the acc. form *-anz
> > (OHG -a, OLF -a).

> How does one arrive at *-o:siz; it looks like a "double plural"? I

am

> much reminded of Latin Eud-os-i "Jutes?". Is *-o:siz PGmc?

It's PIE nominative plural *-o:ses, also seen in Sanskrit -a:sas and
some Iranian forms. I think we discussed it last year.

Richard.