Re: [tied] The disappearance of *-s -- The saga continues

From: P&G
Message: 31903
Date: 2004-04-13

> >In Sanskrit *-eh2ns > *-a:ns and *-o:ns would give the same thing (and we
> >have -a:s and -a:n)
>
> But -a:s and -a:n _are_ the same thing, basically,

I'm aware that the Vedas show that the masculine -a:n was originally -a:ns.
But I can't find anything about the feminine -a:s. So does that mean it
behavea as if it actually were -a:s without the nasal?

Peter