Re: [tied] Re: Nominative Loss. A strengthened theory?

From: Mate Kapovic
Message: 32162
Date: 2004-04-22

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Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 10:11 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Nominative Loss. A strengthened theory?


> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Mate Kapovic" <mkapovic@...>
> wrote:
>
> > I don't see how you explain Slavic g. pl. from *-oom > *-o::m.
> Slavic -7
> > looks like plain PIE *-om to me.
>
> Maybe it does, but would you also posit PIE short *-om as the
> gen.pl. of *aH2-stems?

Plain analogy. All declensions have -7 (or -6) in Slavic. Like all
declensions in Greek and Sanskrit have *-o:m.

Mate